Taiwan's avian influenza continues to heat up

Published 2022년 12월 26일

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Taiwan is experiencing an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, with 12 cases reported across four native chicken farms, following earlier outbreaks in duck and goose farms. The Council of Agriculture assures that the poultry meat and egg supplies remain stable, with sufficient reserves to meet demand. The outbreak has not impacted laying hen farms thus far. The majority of poultry farms have been quarantined and infected birds culled in accordance with regulations. The Council is implementing enhanced epidemic prevention measures over the autumn and winter, including border controls and inspections of livestock transportation. No significant impact on egg production has been reported, and imports of eggs from Japan are supplementing the local supply.

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Taiwan's avian influenza continues to heat up. The H5N1 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (hereinafter referred to as "H5N1") has reached 12 cases so far, and H5N1 has been detected in 4 native chicken farms, which means that the epidemic has spread from duck and goose farms to Lu Poultry Farm. The Council of Agriculture held a press conference today (26th), stating that the supply and demand of poultry meat is stable at this stage, but it will still closely monitor the epidemic hotspots such as Changhua and Yunlin, and advance the autumn and winter epidemic prevention measures to the end of the year, as soon as possible Prevent the spread of H5N1. At present, H5N1 has not spread to laying hen farms. The Council of Agriculture also stated that the supply and demand of eggs in Taiwan is stable now, and there are sufficient reserves of eggs to supply the market. In the future, if there is insufficient egg production, eggs will be given priority to supply to people's ...

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