S. Korea - Ministry of Agriculture confirms high pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreak in 42 farms - Nation Wide - Wild ducks and geese tested positive

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Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2014/01/20/south-korea-says-migratory-birds-behind-outbreak/



January 20, 2014, 2:53 PM
Migratory Birds Behind South Korea Bird Flu Outbreak
By Kwanwoo Jun

South Korea says migratory birds were the likely cause of the country?s first outbreak of bird flu in three years, and stepped up quarantine measures at domestic poultry farms to stop the spread of the disease.

Tests showed the remains of 100 dead migratory wild ducks in a local reservoir contained H5N8 avian influenza virus, the same strain found at poultry farms in North Jeolla Province near the reservoir, the agriculture ministry said in a statement.

?The wild migratory birds were presumably the very likely source of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus that had affected the duck farms in Gochang and Buan [in North Jeolla Province,]? about 300 kilometers (187 miles) and 280 kilometers southwest of Seoul respectively, the ministry said in a statement...

 

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<TABLE style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 200px; FONT-SIZE: 100%" class="infobox biota"><TBODY><TR><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" colSpan=2></TD></TR><TR><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-SIZE: 88%" colSpan=2>An adult Baikal Teal drake</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
It breeds within the forest zone of eastern Siberia from the Yenisey basin eastwards to Kamchatka, northern Koryak, eastern Magadan Oblast, northern Khabarovsk Krai, southeastern and northern Sakha east central Irkutsk Oblast, and northern Krasnoyarsk Krai. It is a migratory species, wintering in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, northern and eastern China, from Beijing down the coast to the Vietnam border, and west to Yunnan then north to Chongqing and Henan.

It breeds in pools on the tundra edge and within swampy forests. In winter it is found on lowland fresh waters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikal_Teal

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Breeds in Siberia, winters in Japan, China and South Korea.
This Siberian species occasionally appears as a vagrant in Alaska, British Columbia or the Pacific Northwest.

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Migratory birds most likely to have brought AI virus to Korea

Updated: 2014-01-20 PM 10:08:22 (KST)
Korea is in fear of a nationwide bird flu spread.

One of the biggest questions since AI broke out late last week, is probably the origin of the virus.

Now authorities are saying the baikal teal, a migratory type of duck may be the source that brought the bird flu here.

"Investigation results have revealed that dead migratory birds collected on January 17th were infected with the H5N8 strain of avian influenza."

While the government's first ever 48-hour standstill on the movement of any livestock and farm workers was lifted at the start of Tuesday, it is remaining on high alert.

If migratory birds are confirmed to be the infectors, the virus could spread or may have already spread to other regions in the southern part of the country, or even elsewhere.

On Monday three more farms were suspected of having ducks carrying the virus, calling for more preventive measures.

Around 1-hundred-20-thousand ducks have been culled so far, and more ducks and chickens could be killed in the coming days.
...
The Ministry of Environment has said it will be tracking the baikal teal's route via GPS.
...

Kwon Soa, Arirang News.
http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=156248

 

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Source: http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/620688.html

Migratory birds confirmed to be source of bird flu outbreak
Posted on : Jan.21,2014 11:54 KST
By Noh Hyun-woong, staff reporter

The flock of dead Baikal teal found at Dongrim Reservoir in Seongnae Township, Gochang County, North Jeolla Province was infected with avian influenza, or bird flu, authorities confirmed on Jan. 20.

?Our tests found that the dead wild migratory birds that we collected in Gochang County on Jan. 17 were infected with avian influenza. The strain was H5N8, same as the ducks that we had tested previously,? said Kwon Jae-han, director-general of the livestock policy bureau in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, in the press briefing on Monday. Dongrim Reservoir is a little more than 5km in a direct line from the farm where ducks contracted highly pathogenic bird flu. Growing evidence indicates that the ducks were infected by the migratory birds.

Following the discovery that the wild ducks were infected with bird flu, authorities are working frantically deal with the outbreak. While the government has set up a defensive perimeter around North Jeolla Province to prevent the disease from spreading, more outbreaks could occur simultaneously in different areas depending on the flight paths of the migratory birds. Fortunately, because the winter is not very cold this year, a fair number of Baikal teal are not moving on to South Jeolla and South Gyeongsang Provinces but instead are reportedly wintering around North Jeolla Province...

 

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Stricter measures enforced to contain bird flu in Korea
Updated: 2014-01-22 PM 2:33:27 (KST)
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But with a new suspected case emerging on Tuesday the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has now ordered that ducks within a 3-kilometer radius of an infected farm be slaughtered as a preventive measure.
This has been expanded from the previous 500-meter radius...
Connie Lee, Arirang News.

Over 6,000,000 birds were killed in the 2011 response to a bird flu in S. Korea.

 

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Avian Influenza Also Detected in Dead Geese: Gov't

Write : 2014-01-22 15:17:31 Update : 2014-01-22 16:48:45

The government has discovered bean geese in South Korea have also been infected with bird flu.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs held a briefing Wednesday and said they detected the H5N8 strain of avian influenza in dead wild geese found in a reservoir in Gochang, North Jeolla Province. This is the same strain confirmed earlier this week in Baikal teals, which are believed to have spread the disease.

Bean geese typically spend winter in Korea from early October to early March. They're the second most common migratory bird in Korea after the white-fronted goose.

Quarantine experts say the bean geese, unlike the teals, do not form clustered communities but are scattered across the country, which makes the whole country susceptible to bird flu.

An Environment Ministry official says experts are trying to tally their numbers nationwide.

KBS

 

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Bird Culling Continues as More Avian Flu Cases Confirmed

Write : 2014-01-22 15:34:15 Update : 2014-01-22 15:47:48

The Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries says eight cases of bird flu infection have been confirmed as of 10 a.m. Wednesday.

As a precautionary measure, the government started to cull ducks at all poultry farms within a three-kilometer radius from a farm that reported the first case.

Around 327-thousand ducks and 83-thousand chickens at 30 poultry farms in Gochang, Buan and Jeongeup in Jeolla Province will be culled.

The government has slaughtered 274-thousand birds as of Wednesday afternoon and plans to complete the culling by Friday.

KBS

 

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Fear of nationwide bird flu outbreak grows as more suspected cases reported
Updated: 2014-01-22 AM 3:43:13 (KST)

Fears of a nationwide bird flu outbreak in Korea are growing.
Disease prevention authorities said Tuesday that they suspect a duck farm in the southern city of Jeongeup in Jeollabuk-do Province has been infected with Avian Influenza.

If their suspicions prove true, it would be the first case of AI outside of Gochang and Buan counties, the source of the recent AI outbreaks, and would mean that the risk of birds carrying the virus to other places has increased.

With that in mind, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced Tuesday that all ducks within a three-kilometer radius of the infected farms will be culled.
That's a much wider area than the 500-meter radius set earlier, but for now the order excludes chicken.

Earlier in the day, authorities confirmed that the number of poultry farms in Buan and Gochang that have ducks infected with the highly pathogenic H5N8 strain of avian influenza has risen to four...

 

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Source: http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/01/23/2014012301849.html

Bean Geese Also Infected with Bird Flu

The bird flu virus has also been found in bean geese wintering in North Jeolla Province, following an avian flu outbreak among Baikal teals.

Tests of three dead bean geese at a reservoir in Gochang showed up the H5N8 virus, the same flu strain found in dead Baikal teals there, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday...

englishnews@chosun.com / Jan. 23, 2014 12:47 KST

 

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Jan. 24, 2014

Bird Flu Spreads to More Regions

The bird flu outbreak has spread from North Jeolla Province to the Chungcheong provinces and Busan.

The agriculture ministry on Thursday said the H5N8 virus was the likely cause of death of three Baikal teals found dead in Seocheon, South Chungcheong Province on Tuesday.

A black coot and a black-headed gull found dead on Eulsuk Island along the Nakdong River in Busan on Thursday afternoon also tested positive for bird flu.

An ministry official said it is very likely that these migratory birds were infected with the virus.

The fresh outbreak started in North Jeolla Province last week, but the new cases this week in South Chungcheong Province and Busan lie well beyond the 10 km quarantine radius the government declared, suggesting the virus could spread nationwide. 

The Chosunilbo

 

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....The lack of reported AI cases from South Jeolla and other sites where the migratory birds stayed raised suspicions that the wild birds that reached Gochang were infected by the virus affecting the farms, not the other way around.

?Though the government has blamed the migratory birds for being the carriers of the virus, it is possible that they were in fact the victims of the virus originated from the poultry farms [in Gochang],? said Namgung Dae-sik, director of the association in an interview with the Korea JoongAng Daily.

?These birds settled down here last October from Siberia. If they were the carriers of bird flu, AI outbreaks would have occurred last year around their habitats throughout the country.?

The government still believes the Baikal ducks introduced the disease in the first place.

?We still assess that migratory birds were the source of the disease,? said Kwon Jae-han, director of the livestock policy team at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, adding that it will take up to a few months to conclusively determine the source of the virus.

Meanwhile, the government yesterday confirmed another case of AI-infected ducks at a poultry farm in Gochang, putting the total number of confirmed infected farms at nine since the first outbreak was reported on Jan. 16. Ten other tests are currently under way to verify infections at other farms in Gochang, Buan and Jeongup in North Jeolla, as of yesterday, according to the Agriculture Ministry.

?Since the last suspected case was reported Tuesday, there have been no reports,? said the ministry.

As of yesterday, the quarantine authorities slaughtered a total of 369,000 ducks and chickens from 25 poultry farms in the Jeolla regions, with another group of 60,000 to be culled soon.... :tiphat:http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2984023

 

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The current avian influenza epidemic is showing signs of spreading northward, with flocks of migrant ducks found dead in South Chungcheong Province, Friday.

According to the provincial government, more than 20 Baikal teals were found at Sapgyo Lake in Dangjin. The birds are suspected to be the vectors for the spread of bird flu.

The lake is some 140 kilometers from Dongrim Reservoir in Gochang, North Jeolla Province, where some 60 infected Baikal teals were found dead earlier this week.

Authorities suspect the birds may have been infected with the H5N8 strain and are conducting lab tests to confirm their suspicions.

?The authorities have conducted necropsies on the ducks and their findings are consistent with avian influenza,? said Joo Ie-seok of the Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quarantine Agency (QIA).

Experts say if tests on the ducks found at Sapgyo Lake are positive, the damage will likely be enormous. Under current regulations, all ducks at farms within a 3-kilometer radius of a farm affected by H5N8 have to be slaughtered.

There are approximately some 2.3 million ducks and chickens being raised in some 50 farms in a 10-kilometer radius around the lake.

Further downstream of the Geum River, in the middle of Dongrim Reservoir and Sapgyo Lake, a handful of teals, a black coot and several swans were found dead Wednesday. The QIA said the birds were also infected by H58N.

Quarantine authorities fear that the strain may spread along the travel route of migratory birds, from Dongrim to other habitats located north...:tiphat:http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/01/116_150434.html

 

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:tiphat:A dead crow is being checked
...Ulsan Institute of Health and Environment to cover the AI ​​infected dead crow in the field for the agriculture, forestry and livestock quarantine infected headquarters AI analysis was commissioned to send . We have a rook in Ulsan last 19 to 22 days after a referral quarantine headquarters AI infection among our fourth largest in the body . Quarantine headquarters ' request, check status of wild migratory birds ' central and local governments , according to the Ministry of Environment and quarantine are all the 28 samples were collected in the 177 . Ulsan's rook survey results is expected to come out within days .

Researchers around the sides of pesticides (herbicides ) and the bag was found dead on the point that there is no unusual symptoms such as delayed rook eating food contaminated with the pesticide poisoning us one by one estimate the dwae . But you can not rule out completely the possibility of AI keen .

Nakdong River in Busan hagutduk day Eulsukdo nearby migratory birds such as coot and red beak seagull 's body was found two quarantine headquarters in Busan... :tiphat:http://www.kookje.co.kr/news2011/asp/newsbody.asp?code=0300&key=20140124.33006221655

 

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Arirang News

Migratory ducks found dead north of original AI infection site
Updated: 2014-01-24 PM 9:58:39 (KST)

...On Friday, local officials announced that more ducks had been found dead in a city closer to Seoul, in the central province of Chungcheongnam-do.
And.. further south in the nation's port city of Busan, officials are testing to see if a group of dead birds found there also tests positive for the latest H5N8 strain of bird flu.

As the birds' exact cause of death is being determined, officials have confirmed that still another group of ducks found dead in a river in Chungcheongnam-do Province was infected with the H5N8 strain of the AI virus.

This is the first confirmation that AI has spread to other regions in the country.

The ducks found in the Geumgang River in Seocheon-gun County were found about 50 kilometers north of Gochang-gun County in Jeollabuk-do Province -- the area where the bird flu outbreak started...

 

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Published on Jan 23, 2014
The latest bird flu outbreak seems to be following the routes of migratory
birds wintering in Korea.
Another flock of ducks was found dead in central Korea, north of the

original infection site, confirming that the bird flu virus is spreading.
So far... up to 400-thousand ducks and chickens have been culled and it

looks like more will have to be slaughtered in the future.
Connie Lee has more. As flocks of migratory birds make their way around

Korea this winter,... it seems they are both the carriers and the victims of the

latest bird flu outbreak.
...

 

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Source: http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1002202073

Google translation:
Busan Eulsukdo feces of migratory birds , AI voice proved

Last Edit: 2014-01-25 14:51

Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock , Saha-gu, Busan estuary Eulsukdo is taken from the feces of migratory AI infection was found naeryeotdago sound judgment said.

Agri-Food Veterinary Quarantine Department in the past 13 days Eulsukdo Support Division collected from migratory birds tested positive for fecal viral diseases listed in the inspection has not been conveyed , but the AI virus is detected .

Agri-food section , but found in the Keum River Estuary , Chungnam Seocheon Baikal Teal in our body tested for three types of highly pathogenic H5N8 AI said it had confirmed to be infected .

In addition, Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do agri-food section Sihwaho feces collected from wild migratory birds dwaetgo test results proved to be highly pathogenic AI and explains that it is checked .

AI in Buyeo , Chungnam jonggyejang chickens tested positive for migratory birds coming from Chungnam Geum Estuary , including the highly pathogenic AI is confirmed over the AI ​​, Chungnam , Jeonbuk quarantine area , even while bungee Own! Take an emergency .

Gumi is only found in the agri-food section mallard swan and our bodies are examined and the AI ​​infection .

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Source: http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1002201996

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News > Business > Article
[ Breaking News ] AI virus detection Gyeonggi stand Sihwaho feces of migratory birds

Last Edit: 2014-01-25 14:46

Hwaseong , Gyeonggi-do, 25 days in feces Sihwaho one migratory bird flu (AI) 'H5N8' virus is detected, he said.

Sihwaho turning around the last 21 days to collect the feces of migratory birds in progress and the first test in the last 24 days and nights 'H5' agriculture, forestry and livestock quarantine viruses detected dwae overhaul was commissioned headquarters .

Whether the highly pathogenic quarantine headquarters , AI has occurred and whether the area and dynamics are being analyzed .

As early as 26 days if found to be highly pathogenic .

As a result, turning radius from day 10 ㎞ Sihwaho set as a disinfectant , poultry and moved to limit the radius of the vehicle to 30 ㎞ enhanced surveillance activities .

In the last 20 days of our obvious choice hacheonbyeon Goldeneye on the inspection results Coot 3 AI ' voice ' dwaeteumyeo 23 days turned out to be one of our geese at Gimpo hacheonbyeon tests are underway for five .

( Uijeongbu AP)

 

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1.4 mil. chickens to be destroyed


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By Kim Da-ye

Over 1.4 million chickens will be culled after the first cases of deadly avian influenza among chickens were confirmed at a poultry farm in Buyeo, South Chungcheong Province.

The outbreak of bird flu is showing signs of spreading along the west coast with six farms in South and North Jeolla and South Chungcheong provinces reporting suspected cases over the weekend.

The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (QIA) found the H5N8 virus ? the cause of the infections ? in feces of migratory birds in Lake Sihwa in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, the most northern point to be affected so far.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said that it will enforce tough measures because bird flu tends to spread faster among chickens.

Considering they are more vulnerable than ducks and outnumber the latter five to one, farmers could be devastated.

?The decision is based on our livestock quarantine committee?s view that avian influenza spreads faster among chickens and preventive culls are needed to avoid additional sporadic flare-ups,? the agriculture ministry said.

Due to the severity of the outbreak, Prime Minister Jung Hong-won held an emergency ministerial meeting Sunday to discuss relevant measures.

?Cases of bird flu have been observed along the route of migratory birds, so we will focus our quarantine efforts in these regions in order to prevent the contagion spreading to nearby poultry farms,? Jung said.

?We will also strengthen publicity activities to discourage people from visiting these areas during the Lunar New Year holiday.?

The outbreak seemed to have entered a dormant phase until Saturday morning, as no fresh outbreaks had been reported in North Jeolla Province for four days in a row.

However, on Saturday and Sunday six more suspected cases were reported; while the H5N8 strain of avian influenza was found in feces of migratory birds in Lake Sihwa in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province.

The first case over the weekend came at the chicken farm in Buyeo; and the QIA confirmed dead birds there were infected with H5N8.

The new outbreak prompted the government?s decision to cull all ducks and chickens within three kilometers of the six farms. Some 488,000 birds on 35 farms have been culled so far, and 1.75 million birds at 42 could be slaughtered.

In the second case ? at a duck farm in Haenam, South Jeolla Province ? the authority confirmed the H5N8 virus as responsible.

Inspections at four other farms ? in Buan, North Jeolla Province, Naju and Yeongam in South Jeolla Province and Cheonan in South Chungcheong Province ? are ongoing.

In the meantime, 49 different suspected cases of bird flu in migratory birds have been, or are being, examined. The test results on 13 were positive while those on seven were negative.

The migratory birds infected with the virus were found at Dongrim Reservoir in Gochang, North Jeolla Province; the mouth of the Geum River; and Lake Sihwa in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province.

Despite multiple suspected cases of avian influenza, the government decided to keep its warning state at the ?alert? level. The ministry judged that the disease is occurring ?sporadically? rather than being ?transmitted horizontally? because the newly reported cases aren?t related to existing ones.

?The necessity to raise the level to serious is low, but we will continue to monitor the situation and decide,? the ministry said.

In the meantime, the bird flu outbreak in Haenam, South Jeolla Province, posed serious concerns to the poultry industry over a possible shortage of duck meat. Some 8 million ducks ? more than 40 percent of the country?s supply ? are raised in South Jeolla Province.

Fear of the spread of the disease is heightening as the Lunar New Year holiday begins Thursday. More than half of the population is expected to travel from their residences to visit relatives. :tiphat:http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/01/116_150523.html

 

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Source: http://news.sbs.co.kr/section_news/news_read.jsp?news_id=N1002202960

Google translation:

Duck farm in Hainan , Mr. AI, H5N8 highly pathogenic diagnosed type

Last Edit: 2014-01-26 15:51


Hainan highly pathogenic AI has occurred in the seed of the duck farm was determined .

Jeollanam-do is a duck farm in Hainan Mr. songjimyeon our type of highly pathogenic H5N8 AI duck is confirmed to have received judgment said.

AI infection is suspected , such as that operated farmers have reported that even after a duck farm in Naju , Mr. sejimyeon type AI H5 antigen detection dwae precise diagnosis is in progress.

The farmers are operating in Yeongam deokjinmyeon check for another duck farm seed is in progress.

As a result, the Hainan Jeollanam-do , Naju, Yeongam 3 ㎞ not that danger zone radius from the farm to farm in the eight chickens , ducks 264,300 to dispose of it to live up to tomorrow .

Farmers , such as turning the AI ​​is operated by Hainan occurred in Naju , Yeongam duck farm seed all 32,600 live in the flesh , Chonnam disposed of disposal has been completed to date dwaetgeona chickens , ducks are all in progress 296,900 Would the dogs .

The grant AI turn caused Chungnam province poultry farms and related epidemiological clinical observations about where the five farms and migratory birds have also strengthened defenses for doraeji .

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January 26, 2014 10:16am
Gov't imposes partial lockdown amid spread of bird flu

...The number of confirmed AI cases has since reached 18 with the highly pathogenic H5N8 strain of the virus confirmed in the latest case at a chicken farm in Buyeo, South Chungcheong Province on Saturday.
Tests were under way in an additional 21 suspected cases as of Sunday.
Some 470,000 birds, mostly ducks, have been slaughtered so far.
Over 1.74 million birds other than ducks, including 1.42 million chickens at 22 farms, are set to be culled as the government has decided to also destroy chickens at all farms within 3 kilometers from affected farms after it confirmed the first outbreak of bird flu in chickens Saturday. :tiphat:http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/...imposes-partial-lockdown-amid-spread-bird-flu

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Korea - Ministry of Agriculture confirms high pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreak on a duck farm prompting broad response - Gochang County, North Jeolla Province- Wild duck deaths also reported

Re: Korea - Ministry of Agriculture confirms high pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreak on a duck farm prompting broad response - Gochang County, North Jeolla Province- Wild duck deaths also reported

Source: http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com...aid=2984133&cloc=joongangdaily|home|newslist1


AI infects chickens, spreads to adjacent regions
Jan 27,2014
Despite the government?s all-out efforts to contain the spread of avian influenza (AI) found in ducks in North Jeolla, authorities confirmed yesterday that chickens at a poultry farm in South Chungcheong are infected.

Authorities culled 16,000 chickens from the farm in Buyeo County, South Chungcheong, and plan to eliminate 118,000 more at two farms located within a 3-kilometer (1.8-mile) radius as a preventive measure...

...Aggravating the situation, the feces of migratory birds at Sihwa Lake in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, were also found to contain the highly infectious H5N8 strain of avian influenza, authorities confirmed Saturday, stoking worries that Seoul and its surrounding areas in Gyeonggi may not be safe from the virus...

...A confirmed case of migratory birds infected with AI in a Gyeonggi reservoir came a day after authorities said migratory birds found dead at the Geum River in Seocheon County, South Chungcheong, contained the virus, supporting the government?s assessment that migratory birds are spreading the virus...

...The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs also verified the avian influenza of ducks at a farm in Haenam County, South Jeolla, yesterday, two days after it received a report that suspected AI on the farm.

The ministry is also working to verify the infection of duck farms in Naju and Yeongam County in South Jeolla and in Cheonan, South Chungcheong...

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Korea - Ministry of Agriculture confirms high pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreak on a duck farm prompting broad response - Gochang County, North Jeolla Province- Wild duck deaths also reported

Re: Korea - Ministry of Agriculture confirms high pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreak on a duck farm prompting broad response - Gochang County, North Jeolla Province- Wild duck deaths also reported

South Korea expands poultry cull on bird flu fears

BY JANE CHUNG

SEOUL Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:37pm EST

(Reuters) - South Korea is expanding a poultry cull in a bid to contain the spread of bird flu that has been found on an increasing number of farms around the country and in migratory birds.

The country's agriculture ministry said the H5N8 strain of bird flu had been detected on six poultry farms and that there had been 13 cases in migratory birds since the first outbreak earlier this month.

No human infection has been reported, while the ministry is looking into four additional reports from poultry farms and more than 50 other suspected cases in migratory birds, it said in a statement on Monday.

Read more: Reuters

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Affected provinces in S. Korea

South Chungcheong ..............................North Jeolla ..............................South Jeolla

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