South Korea: Highly pathogenic avian influenza in Gyeonggi Hwaseong, fourteenth case nationwide this winter

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Seon-mi = The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (AI) announced on the 22nd that a highly pathogenic AI (H5N1) outbreak occurred at a small native chicken farm in Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do. The farm was raising 202 native chickens and 67 geese. This brings the total number of highly pathogenic AI outbreaks that occurred at poultry farms nationwide this winter to 14. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters has sent an initial response team to the farm to restrict access to the farm and is currently conducting culling and epidemiological investigations. Gyeonggi-do plans to inspect 18 laying hen farms in Gimpo-si by the 24th. The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency ...