South Korea: The government's all-out response to block additional spread of avian influenza in Seosan

Published 2024년 11월 27일

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South Korea's Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters has announced increased measures to prevent the spread of livestock diseases, including highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) and lumpy skin disease, following recent outbreaks. These outbreaks were reported at a meat duck farm in Seosan and a Korean beef farm in Daegu, leading to the culling of a portion of the raised livestock. The headquarters is implementing quarantine measures, disinfection, and inspections across related farms and facilities, aiming to prevent further spread and detect infected livestock early. The government also noted that the beef and duck meat supply remains smooth despite the outbreaks, attributing the low impact on supply and demand to the small number of animals culled relative to the total raised.

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The avian influenza (AI) antigen detected at a meat duck farm in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, was confirmed to be highly pathogenic on the 25th. On the same day, lumpy skin was also found at a Korean beef farm in Dong-gu, Daegu, and the government announced its policy to tighten the reins on livestock disease prevention. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (Director Song Mi-ryeong, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs) held a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters with relevant ministries and local governments on the 26th to review the livestock epidemic situation and quarantine measures. The farm in Seosan where highly pathogenic AI was confirmed was raising 33,400 meat ducks. It was reported that highly pathogenic AI was confirmed during a pre-slaughterhouse inspection. The farm in Daegu where lumpy skin was confirmed raised five Korean cattle. The farm owner reported skin nodules on two of the cows ...

Source: Nongmin