Japan orders slaughter of 112,000 chickens after H5 strain of bird flu detected

Japan orders chicken cull after bird flu outbreak in south (via AFP)

Japan has ordered the slaughter of some 112,000 chickens after officials confirmed Sunday bird flu infections at a poultry farm in the south. DNA tests confirmed the H5 strain of the virus at a farm in Kumamoto prefecture that kept 56,000 birds, after…