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Cramped hen cages blamed for mass AI culls
Jan 05,2017
Korea is going through the worst outbreak of avian influenza in history. Less than 50 days after the first case of the highly pathogenic H5N6 virus strain was reported, 30.33 million birds have been culled nationwide, with chickens accounting for over 85 percent.
The carnage is three times as bad as in the first seven months of 2014, the worst outbreak until now, when 13.96 million birds were destroyed. Egg prices have soared and the financial damage is estimated at almost 1 trillion won ($829 million), according to Rep. Jeong In-hwa of the People?s Party. Losses at farms are estimated at 334.2 billion won, for meat dealers and processing firms at 370.9 billion won and the compensation the government has to pay to farmers losing birds is already 237.4 billion won.
Korea has more than a decade-old history of bird flu breaking out almost every two years. The government has yet to offer clear-cut reason for the ever-worsening situation, casting the blame on migratory birds - although the situation is a lot more complicated than that.
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Jan 05,2017
Korea is going through the worst outbreak of avian influenza in history. Less than 50 days after the first case of the highly pathogenic H5N6 virus strain was reported, 30.33 million birds have been culled nationwide, with chickens accounting for over 85 percent.
The carnage is three times as bad as in the first seven months of 2014, the worst outbreak until now, when 13.96 million birds were destroyed. Egg prices have soared and the financial damage is estimated at almost 1 trillion won ($829 million), according to Rep. Jeong In-hwa of the People?s Party. Losses at farms are estimated at 334.2 billion won, for meat dealers and processing firms at 370.9 billion won and the compensation the government has to pay to farmers losing birds is already 237.4 billion won.
Korea has more than a decade-old history of bird flu breaking out almost every two years. The government has yet to offer clear-cut reason for the ever-worsening situation, casting the blame on migratory birds - although the situation is a lot more complicated than that.
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