H5-type AI antigen confirmed at Gangjin duck and Sejong laying hen farms, nationwide poultry farms temporarily suspended from movement until 1 p.m. on the 4th in South Korea

Avian influenza (AI) antigens were detected simultaneously at poultry farms in Gangjin, Jeollanam-do and Sejong City. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters for Highly Pathogenic AI (Director Song Mi-ryeong, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs) announced on the 2nd that H5-type AI antigens were confirmed at a meat duck farm in Gangjin, Jeollanam-do and a laying hen farm in Sejong City. The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency is conducting a detailed examination to determine whether it is highly pathogenic, and it will take 1-3 days for the results to come out. It was found that the Gangjin farm raises approximately 22,000 meat ducks and the Sejong farm raises approximately 234,000 laying hens. If the antigens at these farms are confirmed to be highly pathogenic, the total number of highly pathogenic AI outbreaks at poultry farms this winter will increase to 7. Since this fall, ▲October 29, Gangwon-do Donghae laying hen farm ▲November 7, Chungbuk ...