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Pingtung Yanpu H5N1 bird flu culled 11,661 chickens
2023/7/21 17:09 (Updated 7/21 18:06)
(Central News Agency reporter Hong Xueguang, Pingdong County, 21st) There are signs of bird flu in Yanpu Township, Pingtung. The county government carried out culling today, culling 4,186 red-feathered chickens (about 73 days old) and 7,475 Huangjin chickens (about 74 days old) ), a total of 11,661 birds were culled, and the industry was supervised to complete the disinfection of the site to reduce the risk of the epidemic.
The Animal Epidemic Prevention Office of the Agriculture Department of Pingtung County received a report on the 18th from a local chicken farm in Yanpu Township that the chickens in the farm had died abnormally, and immediately activated the epidemic prevention mechanism according to the standard operating procedures, went to implement chicken movement control, and carried out spraying on the farm and surrounding areas Disinfection operations, and samples were sent to the Animal Health Laboratory of the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan for inspection.
On the 20th, it was confirmed by the laboratory to be infected with H5N1 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, and the culling operation was carried out this morning. The Institute of Animal Defense stated that the whole case was the sixth case of H5N1 bird flu in Pingtung County. The Institute of Animal Defense has simultaneously started the monitoring and sampling of poultry farms within a radius of 1 kilometer of the chicken farm, as well as the visit and counseling of the surrounding radius of 3 kilometers. Check whether there are suspicious cases in the poultry farms under the jurisdiction to confirm the health status of the poultry in the surrounding farms and the virus-free activities to control the spread of the virus and the epidemic...
Pingtung Yanpu H5N1 bird flu culled 11,661 chickens
2023/7/21 17:09 (Updated 7/21 18:06)
(Central News Agency reporter Hong Xueguang, Pingdong County, 21st) There are signs of bird flu in Yanpu Township, Pingtung. The county government carried out culling today, culling 4,186 red-feathered chickens (about 73 days old) and 7,475 Huangjin chickens (about 74 days old) ), a total of 11,661 birds were culled, and the industry was supervised to complete the disinfection of the site to reduce the risk of the epidemic.
The Animal Epidemic Prevention Office of the Agriculture Department of Pingtung County received a report on the 18th from a local chicken farm in Yanpu Township that the chickens in the farm had died abnormally, and immediately activated the epidemic prevention mechanism according to the standard operating procedures, went to implement chicken movement control, and carried out spraying on the farm and surrounding areas Disinfection operations, and samples were sent to the Animal Health Laboratory of the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan for inspection.
On the 20th, it was confirmed by the laboratory to be infected with H5N1 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, and the culling operation was carried out this morning. The Institute of Animal Defense stated that the whole case was the sixth case of H5N1 bird flu in Pingtung County. The Institute of Animal Defense has simultaneously started the monitoring and sampling of poultry farms within a radius of 1 kilometer of the chicken farm, as well as the visit and counseling of the surrounding radius of 3 kilometers. Check whether there are suspicious cases in the poultry farms under the jurisdiction to confirm the health status of the poultry in the surrounding farms and the virus-free activities to control the spread of the virus and the epidemic...
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