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TOKYO, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Japanese health officials say they've killed 21,500 chickens at a farm in Shimane Prefecture after confirming five cases of the H5 bird flu virus.
It is the first bird flu outbreak since February 2009 when a quail farm in Aichi Prefecture was infected by another strain of the industry-threatening influenza, Kyodo News reported Friday.
The killed birds would be incinerated, officials said.
All chickens raised within a 6-mile radius of the farm will undergo flu checks for at least three weeks, the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said.
If no new infections are found during that period, restrictions on transporting the birds will be lifted, health officials said.
Prefecture officials said they suspect the virus was brought to the farm by a wild bird from a nearby lake where migratory birds gather.
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