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Re: South Korea - H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread - 40 farms affected
S. Korea confirms additional outbreaks of bird flu
English.news.cn 2011-01-27
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- South Korea on Thursday confirmed two more outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease [should be "bird flu" ,ed) in Gyeonggi Province near Seoul despite quarantine efforts.
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said that the new cases were confirmed at a chicken farm and a pheasant farm in Pyeongtaek, about 70 kilometers south of Seoul.
All 25,000 chickens and 2,000 pheasants on the properties have been culled as a precautionary measure against bird flu that has hit five provinces across the country after the first case was confirmed on Dec. 31, the ministry said.
The latest outbreaks raise the total number of bird flu cases to 40.
South Korea has been hit by avian influenza three times, with the last outbreak in April 2008.
S. Korea confirms additional outbreaks of bird flu
English.news.cn 2011-01-27
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- South Korea on Thursday confirmed two more outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease [should be "bird flu" ,ed) in Gyeonggi Province near Seoul despite quarantine efforts.
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said that the new cases were confirmed at a chicken farm and a pheasant farm in Pyeongtaek, about 70 kilometers south of Seoul.
All 25,000 chickens and 2,000 pheasants on the properties have been culled as a precautionary measure against bird flu that has hit five provinces across the country after the first case was confirmed on Dec. 31, the ministry said.
The latest outbreaks raise the total number of bird flu cases to 40.
South Korea has been hit by avian influenza three times, with the last outbreak in April 2008.
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