Japan Holds Task Force Meeting on Bird Flu Outbreaks
Tokyo, Jan. 31 (Jiji Press)--Japan's agriculture ministry on Friday held a meeting of its task force to respond to a series of outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza. At of 4 p.m. Friday, 50 bird flu outbreaks had been confirmed at chicken farms in 14 prefectures across the country in the current season, which resulted in the culling of 9.27 million birds, according to the ministry....
Tomas Kauer - News Moderator 
Tokyo, Jan. 31 (Jiji Press)--Japan's agriculture ministry on Friday held a meeting of its task force to respond to a series of outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza. At of 4 p.m. Friday, 50 bird flu outbreaks had been confirmed at chicken farms in 14 prefectures across the country in the current season, which resulted in the culling of 9.27 million birds, according to the ministry....
