South Korea: 2020/2021 H5N8 in poultry

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Source: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nat...19_300733.html

South Korea on alert over bird flu as highly pathogenic cases near 10
Posted : 2020-12-11 10:21
Updated : 2020-12-11 14:44

South Korea remained on alert over a further rise in highly pathogenic bird flu cases Friday as the number of highly pathogenic cases in farms approached 10 in less than two months.

The country reported yet another suspected case of highly pathogenic bird flu from Jeongeup, 222 kilometers south of Seoul, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs. The farm was raising 17,000 ducks.

Authorities were already investigating another suspected case from Jangseong, South Jeolla Province.

So far, South Korea has confirmed a total of eight seriously contagious avian influenza cases from local farms nationwide.

The latest case came from Naju, 355 kilometers southwest of Seoul, late Thursday. It was also the third case from South Jeolla Province.

"Bird flu cases traced to poultry farms will put a significant burden on society," Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said...

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Source: http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_...eq_Code=158203


S. Korea Reports Bird Flu Case at Slaughterhouse in Naju
Write: 2020-12-11 08:41:05 / Update: 2020-12-11 10:18:12

South Korea reported yet another case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza(AI), but this time at a slaughterhouse, not at a poultry farm as most had been.

The provincial government of South Jeolla Province said on Thursday that samples from a duck slaughterhouse in Naju tested positive for the H5N8 strain of the bird flu.

The slaughterhouse is located within ten kilometers of a poultry farm in Yeongam, which reported a case.

This marks the first case of AI reported at a slaughterhouse...

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Source: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2020120...0?section=news

(2nd LD) S. Korea confirms 6th highly pathogenic bird flu case from farms
All News 16:01 December 09, 2020
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By Kang Yoon-seung

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Wednesday it has confirmed the sixth case of highly pathogenic bird flu from a duck farm, raising concerns over the disease penetrating deeper into the local livestock industry.

Local authorities identified the latest case from Naju, 355 kilometers south of Seoul, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The country has been reporting highly pathogenic cases from different regions, ranging from Gyeonggi Province to South Jeolla Province.

The farm was raising 32,000 ducks. It marked the second confirmed case from South Jeolla Province as well...

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Source: https://www.rt.com/news/508262-south...utbreak-ducks/

South Korea culls 19,000 ducks after highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu outbreak strikes farm
30 Nov, 2020 17:57

Some 19,000 ducks have been culled in South Korea after a farm was hit by an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu - the same strain which has afflicted Europe in recent weeks and led to the culling of millions of birds.

The outbreak first took hold on Thursday in the southwestern town of Girin-ri, near the city of Jeongeup-si, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said in an alert on Monday.

Tracing, disinfection and a clampdown on movement are among the actions that health authorities have taken to stem the spread of disease, the OEI said.

In separate measures, the South Korean Ministry of Agriculture said it had also culled 292,000 chickens on five other farms and 100,000 ducks at another site...