Gyeongnam Province makes all-out efforts to block the introduction of bovine lumpy skin disease in South Korea

(Changwon = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Seon-kyung = Gyeongsangnam-do announced on the 21st that it has established the 'Gyeongsangnam-do Lumpy Skin Quarantine Countermeasure Headquarters' to block the inflow of 'Lumpy Skin Disease', a bovine viral disease that first occurred in Korea. . Gyeongnam Province believes that it is important to control blood-sucking insects such as mosquitoes, which are the main transmission factor for lumpy skin disease, and is strengthening blood-sucking insect control activities and disinfection work around livestock barns across 18 cities and counties. The previous day, on the 20th, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs issued an order to 'temporarily suspend movement of livestock, etc.' until 2 p.m. on the 22nd for workers related to cattle farms and vehicles entering and leaving the country to prevent the spread of lumpy skin disease. Lumpy skin disease is a viral disease that infects only cattle by blood-sucking insects such as ...