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Suspected bird flu cases reported in Yeongam County
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JANUARY 05, 2011 23:52
Suspected cases of bird flu were reported Wednesday at a duck farm in Yeongam County, South Jeolla Province.
Quarantine authorities say the cases are most likely a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza given the large number of ducks that died, adding the area is not far away from Haenam County, where the deadly strain was detected from wild birds.
The Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said close inspections are underway at a Yeongam duck farm after ducks there died en masse. At the farm, 4,500 of 14,500 ducks recently died.
?Ducks continued to die Sunday and Monday so the owner of the farm reported this to quarantine authorities,? a ministry official said. ?The report was delayed because unlike chickens, ducks show no particular symptoms when infected with bird flu.?
As a preventive measure, quarantine authorities will cull not only ducks at the farm but also more than 70,000 poultry within a 500-meter radius from the farm.
The highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza was detected in wild birds in Iksan, North Jeolla Province (Dec. 7), Seosan, South Chungcheong Province (Dec. 10), and Haenam (Dec. 28). In addition, the disease broke out at a chicken farm in Iksan and a duck farm in Cheonan...
Suspected bird flu cases reported in Yeongam County
ListenListen
JANUARY 05, 2011 23:52
Suspected cases of bird flu were reported Wednesday at a duck farm in Yeongam County, South Jeolla Province.
Quarantine authorities say the cases are most likely a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza given the large number of ducks that died, adding the area is not far away from Haenam County, where the deadly strain was detected from wild birds.
The Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said close inspections are underway at a Yeongam duck farm after ducks there died en masse. At the farm, 4,500 of 14,500 ducks recently died.
?Ducks continued to die Sunday and Monday so the owner of the farm reported this to quarantine authorities,? a ministry official said. ?The report was delayed because unlike chickens, ducks show no particular symptoms when infected with bird flu.?
As a preventive measure, quarantine authorities will cull not only ducks at the farm but also more than 70,000 poultry within a 500-meter radius from the farm.
The highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza was detected in wild birds in Iksan, North Jeolla Province (Dec. 7), Seosan, South Chungcheong Province (Dec. 10), and Haenam (Dec. 28). In addition, the disease broke out at a chicken farm in Iksan and a duck farm in Cheonan...
