Report: Bird flu virus detected on another farm in Japan

TOKYO, March 2 (Chinese media) -- Another Aichi Prefecture farm has been tested

positive for a form of bird flu virus, the prefectural government said Monday.

The local government conducted the test on farms around a quail farm in

Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, where a weak-virulent H7N6 subtype of bird flu

virus was detected last week, according to the Kyodo News.

H7 bird flu case detected in Japan's

Aichi Prefecture

The H7 type of the bird flu virus has

been detected in a quail firm in Toyohashi, central Japan, Friday, Feb.

27, 2009. The strain is unlikely to be highly virulent since the birds

involved appear healthy, but further testing is underway. (Chinese media/AFP

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TOKYO, Feb. 27 (Chinese media) -- The H7 bird flu has been

detected at a quail farm in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, said the Agriculture,

Forestry and Fisheries Ministry Friday.

It is the first time that bird flu has been detected

in Japan since February 2007. Full story