South Korea - Farm poultry culled due to H5N1 (confirmed) - Iksan City, South Jeolla Province

[Shiloh]

Source: http://news.ifeng.com/world/detail_2...782981_0.shtml

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Hanguo Yi Shan suspected cases of bird flu were culled 107,000 poultry
At 10:56 on December 30, 2010 China Daily

According to Yonhap reported December 30, located in Iksan City, Korea, South Jeolla Province has a farm suspected cases of bird flu and epidemic prevention authorities decided to slaughter this chicken farm and the nearby farm of 107,000 poultry.

Iksan City is the center of the poultry processing industry, Korea's largest chicken processor Halim also set up factories in the city. It is reported confirmed or probable cases of the factory farm not far from the Halim.

Currently, Iksan City, is mobilizing more than 100 medical personnel to carry out the slaughter, but the recent snowfall in the region of more than 7 cm, to the slaughter, caused enormous difficulties.

Iksan City, said that due to lack of staff, Blizzard and other factors, the slaughter is likely to continue to work to end the afternoon of 30 June.

(Source: Yonhap Editor: Letter Lin)

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S. Korea reports suspected case of bird flu

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- A suspected case of bird flu has been reported from a chicken farm in a southeastern region of the country, raising concerns over a fresh outbreak of bird flu amid South Korea's struggle with the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said Thursday.

The ministry said a chicken farm in Iksan, North Jeolla Province, reported a suspected case of bird flu late Wednesday. Another suspected case was reported from a duck farm in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province.

Health officials are testing samples from both farms, the ministry said.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/health/2010-12/30/c_13670763.htm

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Location Iksan City

[Shiloh]

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Source: http://joongangdaily.joins.com/artic...sp?aid=2930363

After foot-and-mouth, avian flu feared spreading
December 31, 2010

Avian influenza, the bird flu that can also sicken and kill humans, could be spreading in Korea after poultry farms in both South Chungcheong and North Jeolla reported suspected cases, according to the government yesterday.

If these poultry farms are confirmed to have the H5N1 flu virus, Korea will be plagued with infectious animal diseases on a nationwide scale, except for South Gyeongsang, South Jeolla and Jeju. Since Nov. 29, foot-and-mouth disease has spread to five cities and provinces and led to the culling of around 550,000 livestock.

The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said yesterday that one duck farm in Cheonan, South Chuncheong, and a chicken farm in Iksan, North Jeolla, reported suspected cases of the avian flu virus the day before. Health officials are ramping up quarantine measures in case the two farms are confirmed to be infected. Hundreds of chickens at the Iksan farm have already died. Test results are expected this morning.

Health officials in North Jeolla yesterday slaughtered and buried 17,000 chickens at the Iksan farm and 90,000 chickens from another farm within a 500-meter (1,640-foot) radius.

A high-ranking official of the Food Ministry who requested anonymity said yesterday, ?Although an exact confirmation will come out in the morning, quarantine measures are being carried out with preventive slaughters corresponding to a threat of a plausible influenza pandemic.?...

[sharon sanders]

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Please see:

South Korea reports suspected bird flu on duck farm - Cheonan, South Chungcheong province December 29, 2010

South Korea - H5N1 found in wild ducks - Nankai District, South Jeolla Province December 28, 2010

[Shiloh]

Re: South Korea - Farm poultry culled due to suspected H5N1 - Iksan City, South Jeolla Province-Confirmed

Source: http://english.cri.cn/6966/2010/12/31/189s612801.htm

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...

[Shiloh]

Re: South Korea - Farm poultry culled due to suspected H5N1 - Iksan City, South Jeolla Province-Confirmed

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2010/12/31/77/0501000000AEN20101231002900320F.HTML

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...

[Treyfish]

Re: South Korea - Farm poultry culled due to H5N1 (confirmed) - Iksan City, South Jeolla Province

<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD>H5N1 avian flu confirmed in 2 farms
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January 01, 2011

<TABLE style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 0px" border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=10 align=right><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD width=18></TD><TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px"></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Two poultry farms in South Chungcheong and North Jeolla were verified to have avian influenza A (H5N1), the government said yesterday.

According to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, a duck farm in Cheonan, South Chungcheong, and a chicken farm in Iksan, North Jeolla, were confirmed to be infected with the highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Quarantine officials in North Jeolla have already slaughtered and buried about 10,000 ducks at the Cheonan farm and more than 90,000 chickens at the Iksan farm and nearby farm.

Quarantine cordons of a 3-kilometer (1.8-mile) radius have been set up around the two infected farms and labeled as dangerous, and areas within a 10-kilometer radius have been put on alert.

Lee Sang-gil, director of the Food Industry and Marketing Bureau of the Food Ministry, said, ?[We will] not carry out further slaughtering but will step up monitoring since there are no more poultry farms within a 500-meter radius [except those farms that already went through the culling process].?

Nevertheless, there are concerns that the virus will spread. The two infected farms raise either breeding ducks or hens and have sold ducklings and chicks to other farms, so infected birds may have already been transported out of the area.

On top of that, health officials continue to detect more migratory birds infected with the virus in Chungcheong and Jeolla, raising more concerns about a nationwide spread.

Unlike foot-and-mouth disease, humans are not immune from avian influenza A (H5N1). The estimated number of confirmed patients of AI, according to the World Health Organization, was 447 from 2003 to last year. Of confirmed cases, 263 people died. However, there have been no cases of humans who have been infected with avian influenza in Korea.

Meanwhile, the Food Ministry also confirmed that cattle farms in Gyeongju and Yeongcheon in North Gyeonsang, in addition to a cattle farm in Namyangju, Gyeonggi, tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease yesterday.

To prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease and the avian influenza, Seoul Zoo will be closed from today to Jan. 10, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said yesterday.

?It would be a great loss for the country if foot-and-mouth disease spreads to the Seoul Zoo,? said Lee Won-hyo, the head of Seoul Zoo.

?I?m asking the public?s cooperation because Seoul Zoo looks after rare wild animals, and it would be difficult to see them again if the disease sweeps through the zoo.?

Seoul Zoo is home to 2,747 animals, and 1,600 of them can catch foot-and-mouth disease or avian influenza.

During the first ten days of January, access to the zoo will be restricted to zookeepers. The zookeepers will live as a group.http://joongangdaily.joins.com/artic...sp?aid=2930399

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Report signs of further spread of AI ... Iksan doubt



01/01/2011 00:05:02
farm in Iksan, Cheonan, Chungnam received from the duck farms reported the suspect was confirmed as highly pathogenic AI.
Defense officials, as well as the dynamics that are relevant to farm chickens and ducks in farms, 120,000 were disposed of and buried In the neighborhood of Korea's largest chicken processing company also took an emergency.

Interview: hanyongseop / (shares) Harim Farm Management Team - "how bad the damage would be fine.

Our company is best to avoid spreading any more ... "2.7km away from an outbreak of a poultry farm in Iksan, if Nangsan such as the chicken we have to report suspected jeopsudwae is showing signs of spreading.

As an extra test positive panjeongdwae 50,000 chickens in the farms and to dispose of buried and have been holding an overhaul.

Defense officials watched the trend over the weekend raised broader measures such as determining the disposition of burial is planned http://news.mk.co.kr/se/view.php?yea...&no=31&sID=507

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AI to fear ... the peninsula hurricane deopchineun animal disease




2010-12-31 09:14
Iksan is responsible for 40% of the domestic chicken processing industry. Suspect was reported only within 3km radius of the farm and is close to 600,000 chickens are bred and spread in the city now have to salcheobuneul enormous size alone. Near the largest maker of Chicken of the factory is located in Harim.http://biz.heraldm.com/common/Detail...20101231000148

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Quarantine authorities: poultry nationwide exposed to bird flu
JANUARY 01, 2011 08:44

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Lee Sang-gil, head of the food industry policy of the ministry, said, ?Our investigation into the affected farms found that transport vehicles for duck eggs went to the affected farms and four hatcheries in Cheonan,? adding, ?We are limiting access to the hatcheries and investigating the possibility of spread of the disease.?


The ministry has decided to conduct serum tests for all the chickens and ducks in farms within a 10-kilometer radius from the affected farms.


Lee said, ?The latent period of bird flu for ducks is longer than a week, so we need more close inspections.?


Quarantine authorities said the possibility of bird flu breaking out in areas outside Cheonan and Iksan is very high.


A quarantine official said, ?The highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza was detected from four wild birds, which are the main culprit of the spread of the virus,? adding, ?We should think that the poultry nationwide are virtually exposed to the disease.?

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