Identifier
Created
Classification
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07TOKYO224
2007-01-18 07:11:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:  

AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JANUARY 11

Tags:  TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA 
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INFO RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
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UNCLAS TOKYO 000224 

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR AIAG AMBASSADOR LANGE
DEPT FOR OES/IHA COMELLA
DEPT FOR EAP/J
USDA PASS TO APHIS
HHS PASS TO CDC
HHS FOR OGHA STEIGER, BHAT AND ELVANDER
DEPT PASS TO AID/GH/HIDN DENNIS CARROLL

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA
SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JANUARY 11

REF: A. 05 STATE 153802


B. TOKYO 152 AND PREVIOUS

UNCLAS TOKYO 000224

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR AIAG AMBASSADOR LANGE
DEPT FOR OES/IHA COMELLA
DEPT FOR EAP/J
USDA PASS TO APHIS
HHS PASS TO CDC
HHS FOR OGHA STEIGER, BHAT AND ELVANDER
DEPT PASS TO AID/GH/HIDN DENNIS CARROLL

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI JA
SUBJECT: AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT JANUARY 11

REF: A. 05 STATE 153802


B. TOKYO 152 AND PREVIOUS


1. No human outbreaks of H5N1 AI were reported in Japan during the
period from January 11 to 18.


--- Kyushu AI Outbreak Confirmed to be H5N1 ---


2. On January 16, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry of
Fisheries (MAFF) confirmed that the avian influenza outbreak in
Miyazaki Prefecture, initially reported on January 11, was caused by
the highly virulent H5N1 virus. The results came after the National
Institute of Animal Health conducted tests over the weekend on
chickens from the affected Taniguchi Furanjo Kurosaka Farm in the
town of Kiyotake. On January 16, the Miyazaki Prefectural
Government completed their efforts to disinfect the affected farm
and incinerated 11,846 chicken carcasses - the farms' entire chicken
population. This total included 3,545 chickens killed by the virus
and 8,301 chickens culled after the outbreak was discovered. At a
press conference on January 17, Kayoko Saka, Vice Governor of the
Prefecture, said that the initial efforts to respond to the outbreak
had been successfully completed. The Miyazaki Government has
conducted investigations at all poultry farms in the prefecture, and
no abnormal findings have been reported. MAFF has conducted on-site
inspections at 8200 additional poultry farms in Japan, and has also
reported no abnormal results. In order to determine the source of
infection at the affected farm, MAFF has sent an expert team, led by
Professor Kazuhiro Itoh of Tottori University, to the town of
Kiyotake. After the outbreak was reported, the Ministry of
Environment (MOE) conducted an immediate investigation of wild birds
around the affected farm, and reported no unusual wild bird deaths
in the area.

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