H5-type AI antigen confirmed at Seosan meat duck farm

H5-type avian influenza (AI) was found at a poultry farm in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters for Highly Pathogenic AI (Director Song Mi-ryeong, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs) announced on the 25th that H5-type AI antigen was confirmed at a meat duck farm in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province. Whether it is highly pathogenic is being precisely tested by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, and it will take 1-3 days for the results to come out. The farm in question was found to have raised approximately 33,000 meat ducks. If confirmed to be highly pathogenic, it will be the fifth case at a poultry farm this winter. Previous outbreaks occurred at ▲a laying hen farm in Donghae, Gangwon Province on October 29, ▲a meat duck farm in Eumseong, North Chungcheong Province on November 7, ▲a meat breeding farm in Ganghwa, Incheon on November 17, and ▲a small native chicken farm in Yeongam, South Jeolla ...