South Korea confirms H5N1 bird flu on duck farm - Cheonan, South Chungcheong province

[Gert van der Hoek]

S.Korea reports suspected bird flu case


Seoul (AFP) Dec 29, 2010

A South Korean duck farm has reported a suspected case of bird flu, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday.

A quarantine zone has been declared around a farm in Cheonan, about 90 kilometres (54 miles) south of Seoul, where ducks showed symptoms of avian influenza, the ministry said.

Health officials are testing samples from ducks at the farm, it said.

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[Gert van der Hoek]

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Suspected bird flu quarantines South Korean farm


A quarantine zone has been established around a duck farm in South Korea after it reported a suspected case of bird flu.

The farm is in Cheonan, about 90 kilometres south of Seoul.

The agriculture ministry says the ducks showed symptoms of avian influenza

Health officials are testing samples from ducks at the farm, according to the ministry.

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Re: South Korea reports suspected bird flu on duck farm - Cheonan, South Chungcheong province-Confirmed H5N1

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S Korea Confirms Outbreak of H5N1 Bird Flu
2010-12-31 09:40:10 Xinhua Web Editor: Jiang


South Korea Friday confirmed an outbreak of bird flu at two poultry farms in two provinces, the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said...

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Re: South Korea reports suspected bird flu on duck farm - Cheonan, South Chungcheong province-Confirmed H5N1

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2010/12/31 10:44 KST

S. Korea confirms bird flu outbreak at 2 poultry farms
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Friday confirmed its first bird flu outbreak in two years at two poultry farms in the central and southwestern part of the country.

The outbreaks at the farms in Cheonan and Iksan, 90 and 230 kilometers south of Seoul, respectively, were first detected on Wednesday after birds started to die off.

Both farms have been placed under quarantine with authorities moving to cull and bury their ducks and chickens to prevent further spreading of the disease.

The report came as Seoul confirmed three cases of a virulent bird flu strain from wild migratory birds that arrived in the country for the winter earlier in the month. Frontline quarantine officials had stepped up inspections on wild birds and urged poultry businesses to take extra precautions, like setting up nets around their farms to keep out wild birds...

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Re: South Korea confirms H5N1 bird flu on duck farm - Cheonan, South Chungcheong province

S.Korea reports first bird flu outbreak since 2008


SEOUL ? South Korea on Friday confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu for more than two years, with more than 100,000 birds slaughtered as authorities bid to contain the lethal virus.

Two poultry farms, one in the central city of Cheonan and the other in the southwestern city of Iksan, were confirmed to have been contaminated by the H5N1 virus, the agricultural ministry said.

It marked the first time since April 2008 that the country has been hit by avian influenza, it said.

"All the 10,700 ducks at the farm in Cheonan and 17,000 breeding chickens at the farm in Iksan have already been culled and buried, together with 92,000 chickens raised at nearby farms," the ministry said in a press statement.
Both farms have been placed under quarantine, with movements of vehicles and people restricted.

It comes after Seoul confirmed three cases of the virulent H5N1 bird flu strain from wild migratory birds that arrived in the country for the winter earlier in December.

Health authorities have stepped up inspections of wild birds and urged poultry businesses to take extra precautions such as erecting nets around their farms to keep out wild birds.

Yoo Man-Keun, a senior official in Cheonan City, said migrant birds were suspected of having transported the virus.

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Re: South Korea confirms H5N1 bird flu on duck farm - Cheonan, South Chungcheong province

Bird Flu Found in South Korea

SEOUL ? South Korea agriculture officials on Friday announced bird flu had been discovered in chicken flocks at two widely separated farms, prompting an emergency cull of more than 100,000 chickens and ducks and raising concerns the disease might spread to people.

Several Asian countries have been monitoring the spread of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza as migratory birds flew south in recent weeks. Japan reported an outbreak of the same strain in chickens earlier this month.
For South Korea, the reports of H5N1 outbreaks at farms near the cities of Cheonan and Iksan mark the first cases of bird flu since April 2008. In 2009, the outbreak of a different animal-borne disease, H1N1 or swine flu, prompted a major cull of animals nationwide. Earlier this week, a South Korea man died after contracting H1N1, health authorities said.

Avian influenza in people is rare and the risk is considered low, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Deaths of about 40 people worldwide have been attributed to the H5N1 strain in 2010, according to the CDC.

The South Korean government issued a statement Friday urging farmers to take precautions against avian influenza.
South Korea is also coping with an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in other farm animals. About 65 cases of the disease have been confirmed over the past two months. The agriculture ministry has culled about 600,000 cattle, pigs, goats and deer in farms and nearby areas where animals were infected.

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