SAO PAULO, June 17 (Reuters) - Japan suspended imports

of fertile eggs and day-old chicks coming from the Brazilian

states of Goias and Mato Grosso after bird flu cases in

subsistence farms had been reported in both states, the

Brazilian Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday.

In a statement, the ministry added that Japan also suspended

all poultry meat imports from the cities where the cases were

reported, Santo Antonio da Barra in Goias and Campinapolis in

Mato Grosso.