South Korea reports first lumpy skin disease outbreak at cattle farm

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...rm-2023-10-20/

South Korea reports first lumpy skin disease outbreak at cattle farm
Reuters
October 20, 20233:20 AM EDTUpdated 15 hours ago

SEOUL, Oct 20 (Reuters) - South Korea reported on Friday the country's first outbreak of lumpy skin disease at a cattle farm, the agriculture ministry said.

Four cows at a farm in the western city of Seosan were found to have been infected with the disease after showing skin lesion, the ministry said...

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Source: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20231022000852320


(2nd LD) Six more cases of lumpy skin disease in cattle reported in S. Korea
Kim Boram, 김보람
All News 16:04 October 22, 2023


SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea reported six additional cases of lumpy skin disease (LSD) in the country's central region on Sunday, with health authorities making utmost efforts to prevent the spread of the disease.

The new cases bring the total number of officially confirmed LSD cases to 10, just two days after the country confirmed its first-ever case of LSD at a farm in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, located some 98 kilometers southwest of Seoul, on Friday.

Of the new additional cases, three are from the region near the initial LSD outbreak in Seosan...