South Korea detects Avian Flu HP H5N6 in wild birds

[Gert van der Hoek]

AI Infection Reported in Cheonan

Write : 2016-11-11

The government says the avian influenza(AI) virus has been detected in excrement samples of wild birds gathered in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Friday, a team at Konkuk University administered the samples collected for research purposes into hatchery eggs to analyze the excrement.

When the team found that baby chicks inside the eggs died, the samples were tested by quarantine authorities who confirmed the H5N6 strain of highly pathogenic AI. It's the first time highly pathogenic AI is reported in South Korea this winter.

The Agriculture Ministry has designated an area within a ten-kilometer radius of the location where the virus was detected as a zone requiring particular monitoring of wild birds.

Travel restrictions are in place on all poultry farms in the designated area. Government officials and experts have been tasked with conducting daily disinfections and taking other quarantine measures.

http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/news_Sc_detail.htm?No=123178&id=Sc

 

[sharon sanders]

hat tip Michael Coston for the link


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[TD="colspan: 2"]Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Food has announced that H5N6-type highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus was detected in wild birds feces collected from October 28, Cheonan pungsemyeon M management material bars cloth.
* Detected Inspector: research in wild bird fecal samples from Konkuk harvesting (10.28), jongran vaccination (11.1), our check (11.4) and H5 AI antigen detection (11.9), H5 AI antigen detection requires powerful liquid samples sent to the quarantine division (11.10), H5N6 confirmed and highly pathogenic AI diagnosis (11.11)
in poultry farms, raising awareness of such producer organizations, and to provide information to issue a 'migratory caution' stage of "migratory information notification system", and
birds of flu engineering defenses conduct point of detection points within a radius of 10km area in accordance with the 'wild bird surveillance specified regions', and movement restrictions for all poultry farmers in the area, surveillance and inspection (11.14 days to), daily disinfection and dedicated public servants designated, conducted a migratory doraeji one days disinfection measures, including biosecurity measures.
* wild bird surveillance area specified when sampling after 14 days from the date of the last if it is determined that there is no longer carried out a complete overhaul in my poultry farm local movement restrictions off
agri-food section in the past, poultry breeding farms, when HPAI viruses are detected in wild birds when HPAI occurs * Given a point, not a bird in the wild-type H5N6 HPAI is detected for the first time this year, the importance of biosecurity as a high risk farmhouse farmhouse influx emphasized necessary than ever.
* ('10 / ' 11 years) detected 20 cases of wild birds / poultry farms, including 53 cases occurred, (2014/2015) caused 391 cases including 58 cases of wild bird detection / poultry farms
** the world's three journals Science ('16 .10.14 ) According to the, 2014 ~ 2015 the same type H5N8 HPAI is a major cause in the European, occurred in North America (the Netherlands, Germany, Russia, Britain, Italy, Sweden, USA, Canada, etc.) bird (s generation and our country Prompt due to the propagation of the intercontinental movement of migratory birds) ◈ Highly pathogenic AI (H5N6) are 32 cases in poultry in China and Vietnam occurred (five countries in 2015, 15 cases in three countries '16) domestic and wild bird feces first OK, the human 313 people infected since 2014 deaths agri-food section municipalities (sigungu, etc.), allows the producer groups and conduct a thorough disinfection of the quarantine block, etc. for AI ingress protection by wild birds, farmers was strengthened, including preventative measures to refrain from requesting the livestock-related meetings and events involved.
the farmers and livestock-related facilities strengthen disinfection for installing nets on the housing for access blocking of wild birds (maintenance), and the like farmers entrant and transportation vehicles the other hand, the
migratory Visitors were ask that you refrain from migratory doraeji visit, including geumbeon AI detection area.
in addition, agri-food section 11.11 days academic experts, producer groups and related agencies, including two held a livestock quarantine council to participate prevent farmers entering such It plans to strengthen the preventative measures.
Ministry of Environment such as relevant organizations and cooperating with early hunt wild birds with HPAI infection concerns over the monitoring and ongoing wild bird surveillance inspection for the domestic arrival of migratory birds and
migratory doraeji and nearby farms quarantine status as public-private joint through the guidance and inspection * plan was that talk absolutely sure the biosecurity management.
* complete a central starting jeomgeomban 37 gaeban 212 people (4 trillion) to configure the first major migratory doraeji check 16 places to be 11.10 ~ 11.16 and and then going to pursue a slaughterhouse, traditional markets, AI occurs farms checks on 632 sites continue until next May

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