South Korea: “We must follow the regional position for expanding the key quarantine zone for African Swine Fever”

[Reporter Lee Il-ho, Livestock Newspaper] Gyeonggi 'including dangerous transmission sites'... Gangwon, Chungbuk, and Gyeongsangbuk-do 'events' The producer group's position on the government's ASF-focused quarantine management zone expansion policy has been summarized. On the 7th, the Korea Handi Pig Association held a quarantine countermeasure committee meeting with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and veterinary experts to prepare and propose to the government a plan to designate additional ASF key quarantine management districts reflecting the opinions of pig farmers in each region. Of the three proposals being reviewed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, one plan is applied for Gyeonggi Province (designated by city and county where domestic pigs and wild boars occur and all cities and counties with a risk of wild boar transmission), and 3 plans each for Gangwon and North Chungcheong (city and county where domestic pigs and wild boars ...