90,000 more birds culled in Japan for avian flu

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Kumamoto prefecture in southwestern Japan started slaughtering some 93,000 farm birds Tuesday after confirming the H5 strain was found in the town of Nankan, officials said.

“The cull is expected to be completed within 24 hours,” a prefectural official told AFP, adding nearly 400 officials had been dispatched to handle the operation.

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