South Korea - Detection of H5 type avian flu in a duck farm in Kangjin, South Jeolla Province - January 11, 2018

[sharon sanders]

2018-01-11 08:39:00

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock and Livestock Food and Drug Administration said the H5 type AI antigen was detected in a survey conducted on a 5,000-pyeong farmhouse in Gangjin-gun, South Jeolla Province. In the morning of 1.10. (Wed.), the farmers reported suspicious symptoms of AI such as low food intake, lacrimation, and mortality, and reported to the Gangjin county office. * N type and high pathogenicity will be revealed in 2 ~ 3 days. At the same time as the report, the central avian influenza agency and the central epidemiological investigation team are dispatched in accordance with the AI SOP to conduct on-site blocking measures and epidemiological investigations. Also, And emergency shutdown prevention measures were applied to the mechanics-related vehicles, people, and livestock-related facilities according to the survey results. In order to prevent further spread of AI, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries requested the active cooperation of the people including the poultry farmers to prevent the poultry farmers and migratory birds from visiting the poultry farms,

(Distribution - Press release added) Detection of H5 type AI antigen (1.11, when distributed) .hwp

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