South Korea: African swine fever outbreak at a pig farm in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province

Published 2024년 12월 16일

Tridge summary

The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters in South Korea has reported an outbreak of African Swine Fever at a pig farm in Yangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, leading to the decision to cull all pigs on the farm. To prevent the spread of the disease, the headquarters has dispatched teams to the farm, initiated a temporary ban on the movement of workers and vehicles at livestock facilities in the area, and will conduct intensive disinfection. The headquarters is urging related organizations and local governments to implement strict quarantine measures and advising pig farms to take additional disinfection steps and follow basic quarantine rules.
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Original content

The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters for African Swine Fever (ASF) (Director Song Mee-ryeong, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, hereinafter referred to as the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters) announced that on December 16, a report of pig deaths at a pig farm (raising approximately 5,500 pigs) in Yangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, was confirmed to have occurred as a result of a detailed inspection. In order to prevent the spread of African swine fever, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters has dispatched an initial quarantine team and an epidemiological investigation team to the farm in question to control the entry of outsiders, livestock, and vehicles into the farm. In addition to conducting an epidemiological investigation, the pigs being raised at the farm in question will be culled in accordance with emergency action guidelines (SOPs), etc. In addition, in order to block contamination of the ...
Source: Mafra

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