South Korea Horse Society will implement nationwide horse quarantine project in the first half of 2022

18,500 registered horses, apply by the 24th The Korean Horse Society will implement a nationwide horse quarantine project in the first half of 2022 to protect domestic horse industry resources and create a clean horse industry ecosystem. In this quarantine project, 18,500 registered horses over 6 months of age are vaccinated against horse influenza and Japanese encephalitis, and the application period for vaccination is until the 24th. Equine influenza, a representative equine epidemic, is a respiratory disease, and symptoms such as fever, cough, runny nose, and tears appear in sick horses. It infects many horses within a short period of time, such as infecting horses that are about 45 meters away from an infected horse. In the case of Japanese encephalitis, which is known as a zoonotic disease that can be transmitted between animals and humans, the infected horse may show neurological symptoms such as ataxia and abnormal behavior if it progresses to a severe condition. Since this ...