02 August 2010
Salmonella pullorum has been found in a broiler breeder flock.
An immediate notification was sent by the veterinary authorities to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
The outbreak was detected by Kyoto prefectural livestock hygiene center during a regular investigation on 30 July in a flock of 800 breeding chickens in Kyoto city. Three birds died and nine were destroyed. The last outbreak of pullorum diseases in Japan was in May 2002.
Survey of epidemiologically related farms is on-going.