South Korea: LPAI tests Positive for Migratory Birds, Negative at Poultry Farms
12/10/08 ARGUS--Local, regional and national sources are reporting low pathogenic avian influenza, AI H5N2, detected in Hampyeong County, Cholla-namdo (Jeolla-namdo), in samples taken from a migratory bird population at a local reservoir.
Announced on 10 December, the tests date from 4 December.
Sources report two poultry farms, raising a total of 66,000 chickens, ducks, and geese, are within 10 kilometers of the site.
Samples taken from these two sites have so far come back negative for any type of AI. Testing is ongoing at both the reservoir and poultry farms.
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12/10/08 ARGUS--Local, regional and national sources are reporting low pathogenic avian influenza, AI H5N2, detected in Hampyeong County, Cholla-namdo (Jeolla-namdo), in samples taken from a migratory bird population at a local reservoir.
Announced on 10 December, the tests date from 4 December.
Sources report two poultry farms, raising a total of 66,000 chickens, ducks, and geese, are within 10 kilometers of the site.
Samples taken from these two sites have so far come back negative for any type of AI. Testing is ongoing at both the reservoir and poultry farms.
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