In the southern prefecture of Kagoshima in Japan, a third case of avian influenza was seen and following this, culling of chickens has increased and he alarm has been caused because it is the nation’s largest growing region for poultry.

Hiroshi Onmayashiki at the animal health division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said that on the farms in Kagoshima’s Izumi city the killing of about 8,600 chickens is already over and here in dead birds the H5 flu virus was detected.

An official said, “We have taken measures to contain the disease quickly. We have also imposed a ban on movements of birds and eggs in the area.”

Reports state that a total of 410,000 chickens will be culled in Shintomi and this place is not very far away from the farm where this year’s first flu outbreak was confirmed.

On farms where H5N1 avian influenza virus was detected, which was highly pathogenic, more than 10,000 chickens were destroyed by the government.

Within a radius kilometers radius a ban on movements of birds and eggs has been imposed by the government.