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Avian flu outbreak reaches Korea?s duck center
Dec 17,2016
A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza has now infected Naju in South Jeolla, home to Korea?s largest population of ducks, and in the past few days spiked in 14 areas in Jeongeup in North Jeolla.
After a duck farm in Jongo-ri of Naju, South Jeolla, was determined to have been infected with the H5N6 avian influenza, the virus was found within a week on another duck farm just 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) away, according to the Naju city government on Friday.
Naju is home to 1.51 million ducks, the largest number in Korea.
Health authorities have culled 17,400 ducks at the Jongo-ri farm, and are planning to cull another 228,000 ducks being raised within a 3-kilometer area around the farm.
The provincial government of South Jeolla is denying transmission from the first farm to the second...
Avian flu outbreak reaches Korea?s duck center
Dec 17,2016
A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza has now infected Naju in South Jeolla, home to Korea?s largest population of ducks, and in the past few days spiked in 14 areas in Jeongeup in North Jeolla.
After a duck farm in Jongo-ri of Naju, South Jeolla, was determined to have been infected with the H5N6 avian influenza, the virus was found within a week on another duck farm just 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) away, according to the Naju city government on Friday.
Naju is home to 1.51 million ducks, the largest number in Korea.
Health authorities have culled 17,400 ducks at the Jongo-ri farm, and are planning to cull another 228,000 ducks being raised within a 3-kilometer area around the farm.
The provincial government of South Jeolla is denying transmission from the first farm to the second...