[Livestock and Fisheries News=Reporter Kim Sinji] In preparation for the spread of avian influenza (AI) in the second half of this year, the Korean Native Chicken Association (President Moon Jeongjin) held a "Native Chicken Specialized Prevention Education" at the Gwangju Jeonnam Branch of the Livestock Product Quality Evaluation Institute on the 24th to strengthen the prevention capabilities of native chicken industry workers. This education was organized by the Native Chicken Association in advance of the government's special prevention measures for livestock infectious diseases in winter, with the aim of minimizing the occurrence of AI, and was conducted with the sponsorship and cooperation of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Jeollanam-do, the Livestock Product Quality Evaluation Institute, the Nonghyup Economy Group Livestock Economy, and the Sharing Livestock Movement Headquarters, and involved around 100 people including native chicken traders, sales outlets, and poultry farm officials from the Gwangju and Jeonnam regions.