Suspected case of highly pathogenic AI at a farm in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea

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Published Dec 12, 2021

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Young-seop = Avian influenza (AI) Central Accident Control Headquarters announced on the 11th that a suspected case of highly pathogenic AI was confirmed at a laying hen farm in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do. Currently, the quarantine headquarters is conducting a detailed examination, and high pathogenicity is expected to be determined in 1 to 3 days. This farm raises about 54,000 laying hens, and it is 3.8 km away from a hen farm in Cheonan, where highly pathogenic AI was confirmed on the 3rd. There are also four more laying hen farms within a 500-meter radius of the farm. A total of 286,000 chickens are raised at these four locations. Immediately after a suspected case is confirmed, the Heavy Water Headquarters is implementing quarantine measures such as farm access control, preventive slaughter, and epidemiological investigation. “Please thoroughly implement the ‘four-step disinfection of the farm’ to prevent the occurrence and spread of highly pathogenic AI in the poultry farm,” said an official from the heavy water headquarters. requested

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Young-seop = Avian influenza (AI) Central Accident Control Headquarters announced on the 11th that a suspected case of highly pathogenic AI was confirmed at a laying hen farm in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do. Currently, the quarantine headquarters is conducting a detailed examination, and high pathogenicity is expected to be determined in 1 to 3 days. This farm raises about 54,000 laying hens, and it is 3.8 km away from a hen farm in Cheonan, where highly pathogenic AI was confirmed on the 3rd. There are also four more laying hen farms within a 500-meter radius of the farm. A total of 286,000 chickens are raised at these four locations. Immediately after a suspected case is confirmed, the Heavy Water Headquarters has been implementing quarantine measures such as farm access control, preventive slaughter, and epidemiological investigation. “Please thoroughly implement ...

Source: Yna