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70,000 chickens culled in Nonsan in bird flu outbreak
Posted : 2017-03-02 16:50Updated : 2017-03-02 16:50
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By Kim Bo-eun
Around 70,000 chickens have been culled following an outbreak of avian influenza at a farm in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province.
The strain of avian influenza that broke out there has been confirmed to be the H5 type.
Disease control authorities have culled 43,000 chickens at the farm and are also culling 26,000 chickens at a farm two kilometers away. In addition, they will cull 345 chickens at eight small farms within three kilometers.
Moreover, authorities have closed down a feed factory 500 meters from the farm as well as two fertilizer farms using poultry excretion, and disposed of eggs at three hatcheries.
Three cases of avian influenza outbreaks have occurred in the past week ― at an egg farm in Cheongyang Feb. 22, at a duck farm in Hongseong, Tuesday, and at a chicken farm in Nonsan, Wednesday.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2017/03/119_224964.html
Posted : 2017-03-02 16:50Updated : 2017-03-02 16:50
음성듣기
By Kim Bo-eun
Around 70,000 chickens have been culled following an outbreak of avian influenza at a farm in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province.
The strain of avian influenza that broke out there has been confirmed to be the H5 type.
Disease control authorities have culled 43,000 chickens at the farm and are also culling 26,000 chickens at a farm two kilometers away. In addition, they will cull 345 chickens at eight small farms within three kilometers.
Moreover, authorities have closed down a feed factory 500 meters from the farm as well as two fertilizer farms using poultry excretion, and disposed of eggs at three hatcheries.
Three cases of avian influenza outbreaks have occurred in the past week ― at an egg farm in Cheongyang Feb. 22, at a duck farm in Hongseong, Tuesday, and at a chicken farm in Nonsan, Wednesday.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2017/03/119_224964.html