A suspected case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a duck farm in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea

Published 2021년 2월 10일

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A suspected outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) has been reported at a bell duck farm in Wonnam-myeon, Eumseong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea. The outbreak was identified during a Japanese inspection of egg-producing poultry farms, with the H5 type AI antigen detected. The local authorities have ordered the culling of 9,000 ducks on the affected farm, while poultry within a 3km radius will be culled preventively, excluding 274,000 poultry from five farms. This decision adheres to guidelines issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in South Korea. The incident marks the continuation of AI outbreaks in the region, with seven farms in Chungbuk province already experiencing similar issues, leading to concerns and protests from livestock farmers about the economic impact of the preventive measures.

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(Eunseong = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Jong-guk = A suspected case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) occurred at a bell duck farm in Wonnam-myeon, Eumseong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do. According to Eumseong-gun on the 10th, as a result of a Japanese inspection of egg-producing poultry farms across the country the previous day, H5 type AI antigen was detected in this duck farm. High pathogenicity comes out after 2-3 days. Eumseong-gun set out to kill 9,000 species of ducks raised on this farm. However, when highly pathogenic AI occurs, all poultry within the 3km radius of the farm was preventively killed, whereas the 274,000 poultry from 5 farms within the 3km radius of this species farm are excluded from the preventive killing. done. This is because the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs issued a guideline that stipulated the range of preventive killings within 1 km of AI-prone farms while conducting a Japanese inspection on egg production farms this time. There ...

Source: Yna