Jeonbuk, the country with the highest number of highly pathogenic AI cases… Farmers’ difficult winter

(Jeonju=Yonhap News) Reporter Im Chae-du = Farms in Jeollabuk-do, where highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) occurred the most nationwide, are having a particularly harsh winter. This is due to the massive losses caused by the large-scale culling of chickens and ducks. According to the Jeollabuk-do Special Self-Governing Province on the 9th, there have been 6 poultry farms in the province with confirmed cases of highly pathogenic AI from the end of last year to this day. Jeollabuk-do had the highest number of cases, accounting for about 30% of the total 21 cases nationwide. Starting with a meat duck farm in Gongdeok-myeon, Gimje on December 5th last year, highly pathogenic AI has steadily spread in Gimje and Buan. There were 5 meat duck farms, the most, and 1 laying hen farm. Jeollabuk-do has culled 807,000 poultry from 18 farms, mainly in areas where highly pathogenic AI has occurred. By species, there are 681,000 chickens and 126,000 ducks. The province has fixed 11 ...