S. Korea reports Avian Influenza case in a poultry farm-H9N2 confirmed - South Chungcheong Province

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SEOUL, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Forty-five chickens died in a poultry farm in South Chungcheong Province and an initial test with symptoms showed positive results, said the South Korean government on Monday.

"A more thorough test is underway, with the results expected to be released later," an official of the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said.

The avian influenza (AI) case was reported in South Korea in nearly 10 months. Although the further test will determine whether the virus is the H5 or H7 types, with highly-pathogenic strains, the ministry ordered epidemic prevention and restricted passage in the area, said the ministry official.


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Re: S. Korea reports Avian Influenza case

Re: S. Korea reports Avian Influenza case

0019 General/ Asian countries/ Koreas

Seoul, March 12 (QNA) ? A suspected case of avian influenza was reported for the first time in South Korea in nearly 10 months with test results of a more detailed examination due later in the day, the government said today.
A suspected case was filed yesterday by a poultry farm in South Chungcheong Province where about 100 out of some 450 chickens are showing symptoms of avian influenza, South Korea?s Yonhap news agency quoted an official with the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, as saying.
About 40 chickens at the farm have already died with an initial test on 10 chickens with symptoms producing positive results, according to South Korea?s (Yonhap) News Agency.
?A more thorough test is underway, with the results expected to be released later in the day,? a ministry official said.
The test seeks to determine whether the chickens are in fact infected with the bird virus and also whether the virus is a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza.
If the virus is determined to be of the H5 or H7 types, with highly-pathogenic strains, an additional test will be carried out with the results to be confirmed on Tuesday, according to the official.
Once a authorities confirm a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza, a temporary lockdown of all birds will be ordered, the ministry said.
The report marks the first suspected case of avian influenza since May 16 last year. (QNA)

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Re: S. Korea reports Avian Influenza case in a poultry farm-H9N2 confirmed

Re: S. Korea reports Avian Influenza case in a poultry farm-H9N2 confirmed

Source: http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20120313000502

Seoul confirms outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza
2012-03-13 10:28

South Korea on Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of a low pathogenic avian influenza (AI) virus that is less damaging, both to birds and humans, than a highly pathogenic strain.

The outbreak was confirmed at a poultry farm in South Chungcheong Province, where some 100 chickens were showing symptoms of AI, according to the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries...

...Follow-up tests confirmed the birds were infected with the low pathogenic H9N2 strain of the avian influenza virus, the ministry said...