S.Korea confirms outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu at 5 poultry farms

[Gert van der Hoek]

Thu Nov 17, 2016 | 8:35pm ES

Seoul - Nov 18 South Korea has confirmed the country's first outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu virus at two poultry farms, an agriculture ministry official said on Friday.

The outbreaks occurred at the farms in the central and southern parts of the country after the ministry reported last week that the H5N6 strain of the virus had been found in the faeces of migratory birds.

South Korea's last bird flu outbreak occurred in March, when a different strain of the virus was detected at a duck farm, leading to the slaughter of at least 11,000 birds.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Ducks in N. Chungcheong Test Positive for H5N6 Bird Flu Virus

2016-11-18 14:49:19

South Korea has again lost its bird flu-free status as ducks at a farm in Eumseong, North Chungcheong Province tested positive for a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza(AI)

The provincial government said Friday that the birds tested positive for H5N6, which is the same strain found earlier in feces of migratory birds collected in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province and around Mankyung River in North Jeolla Province.

The recent case marks the first time the strain was detected in South Korea.

The latest confirmation came just a day after quarantine officials culled roughly 40-thousand-200 chickens in Haenam County in South Jeolla after some of them tested positive for AI.

 

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[TD="colspan: 2"]Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Food (Minister gimjaesu) is November 16th at laying hen farms and broiler duck farms in Chungbuk negative areas of the Haenam region Jeollanam conducted an inspection in agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry and quarantine office for AI suspected Axis reported each result, 11.17 days pathogenic AI (H5N6 type) today announced that the final diagnosis. as
ever highly pathogenic AI-proliferation that breeding is being hens on the farm (1 point) 4 full water and ducks for (same ownership 2 places), 20 002 Shallow Water is quickly buried processing, and
its farms the room set up by the former (10㎞ radius surveillance area) mainly took emergency measures such as quarantine movement control and disinfection facilities installed base.
in addition, the site survey results caused farmers and the farmers and movement restrictions and disinfection measures on vehicle-related It was ever.
* Cheonan bars thousand (10.28, 11.13), the domestic first from wild migratory samples collected from Iksan Mangyeung (11.10) with highly pathogenic H5N6 virus detected (11.11, 11.15, 11.17)
Special according to AI occurs agri-food section highly pathogenic was switched to quarantine measures Dispatch to upgrade to AI epidemic prevention task force as an emergency system,
today afternoon the livestock disease quarantine measures general manager of gimjaesu ministers chaired by Defense circumstances conferences and academic experts, livestock quarantine hearing that such producers organizations and relevant agencies involved simultaneously held by and check emergency quarantine situation, plans to discuss further quarantine measures such as temporary stop moving action and livestock movement restrictions.
- gimjaesu Minister preventive measures to block the spread of the AI-proliferation and the people not to citizens anxious thorough and relevant organizations liver will ask that maintain a close cooperative system.
* Agriculture, Forestry and livestock quarantine Division, Centers for disease Control, National Institute of environmental Research, Veterinary quarantine support Division, for veterinary communities, the NACF, poultry Association, duck Association, broiler Association, chicken Association, professor of civil experts, environment and ecology Institute, consumer groups, etc.
in addition, gimjaesu Minister attempted Lieutenant Mayor videoconferencing then held in check attempts by AI preventative measures circumstances,
highly pathogenic AI Add outbreaks and prevent spread a strong first responders plans to direct the preventative measures implemented by mobilizing all resources on municipalities in order.
in addition, agri-food section yijunwon Vice recent visit jeonbukdo the situation Room of the Highly pathogenic AI (H5N6 type) is detected in wild birds in the AI-mouth disease epidemic prevention situation check and plans to encourage stakeholders.
on the other hand, agri-food section added generation and thorough disinfection to poultry farmers and workers to prevent the spread, outsiders vehicle access control, livestock farmers meeting refrain from blocking such migratory doraeji visit limits of the Highly pathogenic AI I urge a thorough gihayeo line on Defense.

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West Coast Poultry temporarily move the stop command (Standstill), such as highly pathogenic AI block strong radio waves corresponding [TR]
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[TD="colspan: 2"]Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Food are being propagated to AI viruses in other regions to hold a 'livestock quarantine council to gimjaesu Minister presided as at November 17, Jeonnam Haenam, Chungbuk negative material of poultry farms in two places highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) is confirmed announced that strongly promote the first arrival quarantine to prevent.
① concentrated is (temporarily move the stop command) migratory habitat and chicken, poultry main breeding areas of the west Coast region (Seoul, Gyeonggi duck, etc., Incheon, Daejeon, Gwangju, Sejong, chungnambuk, the poultry livestock, such as chickens ducks jeonnambuk), Livestock, sat 11.19 (targeted a vehicle) temporarily moves during the 00 pm to 11.20 (Sunday) 12 am until 36 hours stop command (Standstill) implementation
* applies to: farms, slaughterhouses, feed mills and livestock-related vehicles
* for, but planned national minimizing inconvenience, a powerful disinfection and preventative measures for the target area, and other areas of poultry farms and livestock-related workshops, including voluntary sterilization
② (poultry distribution prohibited) nationwide alive to these places until release both traditional markets, garden-type restaurant, poultry temporary mooring facilities such as movement restriction measures in all quarantine areas in accordance with this highly pathogenic AI occurs from 11.19 days 00 o'clock to block the Defense weak AI propagation (生) the poultry distribution prohibited
③ (caused farmers affiliate management) focused Defense management district (235 towns and cotton, 1,263 call) my chicken, duck examination (clinical examination or sampling) through another expansion of the farm proactive measures
* 11.21 - the west coast of the belt to 11.25 days (game, chungnambuk, jeonnambuk) farmers first conducted
④ (vulnerable areas disinfected and checked) vulnerable target (632 places including by mobilizing the central jeomgeomban (37 gaeban, 212 patients) occur farms, slaughterhouses, traditional markets * check the map and sustained implementation (~'17.5 month) for the)
* AI occurs farm 393 points (2014 212, 2015 179, February '16), abattoirs 52 places, 187 places of traditional markets
⑤ (Japanese stocking factory ) city and also through the integration of business and consultation under the auspices of the all Japan stocked duck farm-factory (all-in all-out) operating system (.11~'17.5 May '16)
to ensure the smooth implementation of the agri-food unit pauses movement command send an SMS to the targeted farmers and livestock officials, and said that the appointment information through its contacts in hand, producer organizations and such cooperatives which serve notices plans to propagate in advance.
in this one together, stop moving period farmers and livestock-related siseolbyeol hygiene compliance implementation in order to check whether the 11 configure gaeban, Central joint jeomgeomban to 22 people dispatched to the scene, maps and inspection
Finally, the agri-food portion livestock farmers, integration so time responders preventative measures to be implemented to achieve the effectiveness Defense in subjects such as operators and municipalities were fully prepared to ask that the line gihayeo AI biosecurity activities.

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[Gert van der Hoek]

Chicken Farm in Gyeonggi Reports Suspicious AI Case

Update : 2016-11-21


Following recent outbreaks of avian influenza(AI) in the North Chungcheong and South Jeolla Provinces, another suspected case of AI was reported in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Government said on Monday that 15-thousand chickens at a farm in Yangju were culled on Sunday after it received reports of the sudden deaths of around 240 chickens.

The local government said the culled poultry birds tested positive for AI in initial inspections, adding that results of a thorough investigation will likely be out on Tuesday.

Health authorities are bracing for the possibility that the chickens in the Yangju farm, like the chickens in North Chungcheong and South Jeolla, were infected with H5N6, a highly pathogenic strain of AI.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Chickens in Yangju Test Positive for H5N6 AI Virus

Write : 2016-11-22

Chickens at a farm in Yangju, Gyeonggi Province have tested positive for a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza(AI.)

Provincial authorities have culled some 15-thousand birds at the farm as a precautionary measure and placed a travel ban on 119 other poultry farms within a three-kilometer radius.

About 240 birds died at the Yangju farm on Saturday, and tested positive for the bird flu strain H5N6.

That's the same strain found recently in the droppings of migratory birds collected in Cheonan, North Chungcheong Province and South Jeolla Province.

H5N6 has killed at least six people in China alone since April 2014, and has also been reported in Vietnam, Laos and Hong Kong.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Two more H5N6 avian influenza outbreaks in South Korea, authorities cull thousands of birds

SEOUL - South Korea confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu at two more poultry farms on Tuesday (Nov 22), taking the number of confirmed H5N6 avian influenza cases in the country to four.

The virus was discovered at duck farms in Cheongju, in North Chuncheong Province, and Muan, South Jeolla Province, said the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Rural Affairs, reported Yonhap news agency.

Some 22,000 ducks were killed in Muan and 8,500 in Cheongju to prevent the possible spread of the disease, according to veterinary authorities.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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SEJONG, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea intensified its watch against avian influenza (AI) Wednesday as the animal disease seems to be spreading rapidly throughout the nation, the government said.
Four AI cases have been confirmed in the country since Nov. 16 when the first outbreak was reported at a chicken farm in Haenam, 423 kilometers south of Seoul.
Two suspected cases in the central region of Gyeonggi Province and one other have been under close examination, with three more suspected infections from wild birds around the western coastal areas where large wintering sites for migratory birds are located.
The infections were found out to be the highly pathogenic H5N6 strain of bird flu, a new type of virus that was first detected in the country.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Wed Nov 23, 2016

South Korea raises bird flu alert as three more cases found at poultry farms

South Korea raised the country's bird flu alert status on Wednesday to its second-highest level following three more outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N6 strain after the first cases were confirmed last week.

The new bird flu outbreaks were discovered at two duck farms in the central and southwestern regions of the country, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said in a statement on Wednesday. All 30,500 ducks at the farms have been culled.

One more case was confirmed on Tuesday and the second earlier on Wednesday, the ministry statement said.

The third case was confirmed later on Wednesday at a chicken farm in the city of Yangju, about 38 kilometers (23.61 miles)north of Seoul, the ministry said.

Since the first cases of the H5N6 avian influenza virus were reported in the same region on Friday, a total of five cases have been found and two other poultry farms in other parts of the country are being tested, the ministry said.

 

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[TD="class: topbigtabletitle27"]Information received on 23/11/2016 from Dr Oh Soon-Min, Director - Chief Veterinary Officer, General Animal Health Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), SEJONG-SI, Korea (Rep. of)[/TD]
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[TD="width: 30%"]Immediate notification[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Date of start of the event[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]16/11/2016[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Date of confirmation of the event[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]17/11/2016[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Report date[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]23/11/2016[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Date submitted to OIE[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]23/11/2016[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Reason for notification[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]New strain of a listed disease[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Manifestation of disease[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Clinical disease[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Causal agent[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Serotype[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]H5N6[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]Nature of diagnosis[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]Laboratory (advanced)[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th, width: 10%"]This event pertains to[/TD]
[TD="width: 30%"]the whole country[/TD]
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[TD] New outbreaks (2)
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left, align: left"]Outbreak 1[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Eumseong-gun, Yongchon, Eumseong, CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Date of start of the outbreak[/TD]
[TD]16/11/2016[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Outbreak status[/TD]
[TD]Continuing (or date resolved not provided)[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Epidemiological unit[/TD]
[TD]Farm[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Affected animals[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Species[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Susceptible[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Cases[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Deaths[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Destroyed[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Slaughtered[/TD]
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[TD]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]10000[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]250[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]250[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]9750[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]0[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Affected population[/TD]
[TD]Duck: death, torticollis, ataxia, neurological signs[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left, align: left"]Outbreak 2[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Haenam-gun, Sani, Haenam, JEOLLANAM-DO[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Date of start of the outbreak[/TD]
[TD]16/11/2016[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Outbreak status[/TD]
[TD]Continuing (or date resolved not provided)[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Epidemiological unit[/TD]
[TD]Farm[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Affected animals[/TD]
[TD] [TABLE="class: TableFoyers, width: 605"]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Species[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Susceptible[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Cases[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Deaths[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Destroyed[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Slaughtered[/TD]
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[TD]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]40000[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]520[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]520[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]39480[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]0[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Affected population[/TD]
[TD]Layers: death[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Total outbreaks: 2[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Total animals affected[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Species[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Susceptible[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Cases[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Deaths[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Destroyed[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Slaughtered[/TD]
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[TD]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]50000[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]770[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]770[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]49230[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]0[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Outbreak statistics[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Species[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Apparent morbidity rate[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Apparent mortality rate[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Apparent case fatality rate[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_center last"]Proportion susceptible animals lost*[/TD]
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[TD]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]1.54%[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]1.54%[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]100.00%[/TD]
[TD="class: ta_right"]100.00%[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left, colspan: 2"]*Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter[/TD]
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[TD] Epidemiology
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• Unknown or inconclusive
• Contact with wild species

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• Movement control inside the country
• Screening
• Disinfection / Disinfestation
• Traceability
• Quarantine
• Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone
• Stamping out
• Official destruction of animal products
• Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste
• Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone
• Control of wildlife reservoirs
• Zoning
• Vaccination prohibited
• No treatment of affected animals

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• No other measures

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[TD] Diagnostic test results
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[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Laboratory name and type[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Species[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Test[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left"]Test date[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer_th ta_left last"]Result[/TD]
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[TD="class: filtrer"]Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (National laboratory)[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]Birds[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]reverse transcription - polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer"]17/11/2016[/TD]
[TD="class: filtrer cb-centree last"]Positive[/TD]
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