Yanggu County to implement special disease prevention measures until February next year to prevent animal infectious diseases

(Yanggu=Yonhap News) Reporter Yang Ji-woong = Gangwon Yanggu County announced on the 13th that it will implement a "Special Countermeasure for Highly Pathogenic AI and Foot-and-Mouth Disease" from this month until February next year to block the inflow of highly prevalent avian influenza (AI) and foot-and-mouth disease during the winter season. The county plans to operate a base control post and a situation room, maintaining a 24-hour emergency contact system, while strengthening disease control and surveillance, blocking inflow, and preventing spread in areas specific to the characteristics of highly pathogenic AI and foot-and-mouth disease. First, to block highly pathogenic AI, measures will be implemented in areas such as migratory bird control management, preventing inflow into farms, preventing spread between farms, and establishing a support system for disease control. To strengthen migratory bird control management, roads around migratory bird arrival sites, farm access ...