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South Korea: Acquired the status as a clean country for two kinds of fish infectious diseases

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Frozen Trout
South Korea
Published Dec 29, 2020

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The National Institute of Fisheries Science and the National Institute of Fisheries Science (NIFS) has been recognized by the OIE for two kinds of fish infectious diseases as a result of efforts for the past 10 years. It was revealed that Korea was the first in the world to be recognized as a clean country at the national level for two diseases, such as Dactylus salaris. The two types of fish diseases that Korea has acquired the status of as a clean country are diseases designated by the OIE and mainly occur in salmon, trout and fish in European countries, and this disease can cause mass mortality. In Korea, salmon, rainbow trout, is known as a susceptible species to these two diseases, but there has not been a single case of related disease so far. The conditions for obtaining the status of a clean country are quite strict, and there must be no such epidemic outbreak in the last 10 years and no history of vaccination. In addition, the results of regular surveillance activities and scientific sample survey data must be proven.

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Since 2011, the aquatic garden has been securing evidence for domestic rainbow trout farms, such as collecting related data such as continuous surveillance and monitoring, and scientific analysis. In addition, the arboretum has reported data on the domestic disease outbreak trends collected and analyzed in this way to the OIE on a quarterly basis every year, proving that there have been no related disease cases in the past 10 years. Korea is the first in the world to have been recognized as a clean country for two of the fish diseases designated by the OIE. Up to now, five countries, including New Caledonia, have obtained clean status for crustaceans among aquatic biohazards. In particular, Argentina has been recognized as a clean country for'infectious salmon anemia' among fish diseases. It is the level of (Zone). Wan-Hyun Choi, head of the National Institute of Fisheries Science, ...
Source: Aflnews
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