Re: South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
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http://www.recombinomics.com/News/11270603/H5_Korea_Spread_4.html
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South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
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Re: South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/11270603/H5_Korea_Spread_4.html
Commentary
Bird Flu Spread To Four South Korean West Coast Locations
Recombinomics Commentary
November 27, 2006
A low-grade strain of bird flu has also struck South Korea last week. The viruses found in two different places, however, the Agriculture Ministry said were not the H5N1 strain. The strain killed 200 chickens in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul, and some 510 chickens in Yangpyeong, 55 kilometers east of the capital.
The above comments describe a fourth location on or near the western coast of South Korea that is positive for bird flu. H5N1 has been confirmed in the first location, Iksan, 225 kilometers south of Seoul, This confirmation has led to a massive culling in Iksan in addition to the two outbreaks above and chickens in Seosan.
Media reports are also describing additional unexplained poultry deaths in Seosan, as well as spread beyond the culling perimeter in Iksan, suggesting the H5N1 infections are markedly greater and more widespread than indicated in media reports citing low path infections.
More details on the serotypes involved would be useful.
The likely widespread linkage of H5N1 to wild birds in the region and beyond remains high.
Media sources
Phylogenetic Trees
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/11270603/H5_Korea_Spread_4.html
Commentary
Bird Flu Spread To Four South Korean West Coast Locations
Recombinomics Commentary
November 27, 2006
A low-grade strain of bird flu has also struck South Korea last week. The viruses found in two different places, however, the Agriculture Ministry said were not the H5N1 strain. The strain killed 200 chickens in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul, and some 510 chickens in Yangpyeong, 55 kilometers east of the capital.
The above comments describe a fourth location on or near the western coast of South Korea that is positive for bird flu. H5N1 has been confirmed in the first location, Iksan, 225 kilometers south of Seoul, This confirmation has led to a massive culling in Iksan in addition to the two outbreaks above and chickens in Seosan.
Media reports are also describing additional unexplained poultry deaths in Seosan, as well as spread beyond the culling perimeter in Iksan, suggesting the H5N1 infections are markedly greater and more widespread than indicated in media reports citing low path infections.
More details on the serotypes involved would be useful.
The likely widespread linkage of H5N1 to wild birds in the region and beyond remains high.
Media sources
Phylogenetic Trees
Re: South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
No traces of bird flu found in Seosan, ministry says SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- The deaths of a huge number of chickens in Seosan of South Choongcheong Province last week was not related to the deadly bird flu virus, South Korea's Agriculture Ministry said Monday.
Chicken farm operators at Seosan, just north of the site of a bird flu outbreak in Iksan, 230 kilometers south of Seoul, have formally requested an investigation by the state veterinary service after more than 1,000 chickens died since Nov. 20 without a clear reason.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20061127/460100000020061127231720E9.html
No traces of bird flu found in Seosan, ministry says SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Yonhap) -- The deaths of a huge number of chickens in Seosan of South Choongcheong Province last week was not related to the deadly bird flu virus, South Korea's Agriculture Ministry said Monday.
Chicken farm operators at Seosan, just north of the site of a bird flu outbreak in Iksan, 230 kilometers south of Seoul, have formally requested an investigation by the state veterinary service after more than 1,000 chickens died since Nov. 20 without a clear reason.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/Engnews/20061127/460100000020061127231720E9.html
Re: South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
I threw this map together.
Image originally created by: http://www.citypopulation.de/KoreaSouth.html
I threw this map together.
Image originally created by: http://www.citypopulation.de/KoreaSouth.html
Re: South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
Commentary at
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/11270604/H5N1_Korea_Seosan.html
Commentary at
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/11270604/H5N1_Korea_Seosan.html
Re: South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/11270604/H5N1_Korea_Seosan.html
Commentary
Additional Chicken Deaths in Seosan Support H5N1 Spread
Recombinomics Commentary
November 27, 2006
Chicken farm operators at Seosan, just north of the site of a bird flu outbreak in Iksan, 230 kilometers south of Seoul, have formally requested an investigation by the state veterinary service after more than 1,000 chickens died since Nov. 20 without a clear reason.
The above reports on chicken deaths in Seosan raise significant credibility issues surrounding the outbreak there. Recent reports have indicated two birds have tested positive for avian influenza. Moreover, the birds hatched from eggs from the H5N1 confirmed breeding farm in Iksan.
Thus, in addition to the more than 6000 deaths in Iksan, there have been over 1000 chicken deaths in Seosan, 200 chicken deaths in Pyeongtaek, and 510 chicken deaths in Yangpyeong. Although media reports have indicated that these deaths are not due to H5N1, the linkage in time and location to the confirmed farm suggests the deaths may all be linked to H5N1 infections.
There are are also reports of additional infection(s) near the index farm, supporting significant spread beyond the large farm in Iksan.
More information on the serotype and sequences of these bird flu positive chickens would be useful.
Media sources
Phylogenetic Trees
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/11270604/H5N1_Korea_Seosan.html
Commentary
Additional Chicken Deaths in Seosan Support H5N1 Spread
Recombinomics Commentary
November 27, 2006
Chicken farm operators at Seosan, just north of the site of a bird flu outbreak in Iksan, 230 kilometers south of Seoul, have formally requested an investigation by the state veterinary service after more than 1,000 chickens died since Nov. 20 without a clear reason.
The above reports on chicken deaths in Seosan raise significant credibility issues surrounding the outbreak there. Recent reports have indicated two birds have tested positive for avian influenza. Moreover, the birds hatched from eggs from the H5N1 confirmed breeding farm in Iksan.
Thus, in addition to the more than 6000 deaths in Iksan, there have been over 1000 chicken deaths in Seosan, 200 chicken deaths in Pyeongtaek, and 510 chicken deaths in Yangpyeong. Although media reports have indicated that these deaths are not due to H5N1, the linkage in time and location to the confirmed farm suggests the deaths may all be linked to H5N1 infections.
There are are also reports of additional infection(s) near the index farm, supporting significant spread beyond the large farm in Iksan.
More information on the serotype and sequences of these bird flu positive chickens would be useful.
Media sources
Phylogenetic Trees
MHSC
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Re: South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
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<!-- 기사내용 --> <!--@본문시작@-->November 29, 2006 ㅡ DAEJEON - Two chickens at a farm in Seosan, South Chungcheong province, were confirmed to have been infected with bird flu, the South Chungcheong provincial government said yesterday.
"Two of 80 chicks tested at a farm in Hwacheonri, Seosan, were found positive for bird flu and were referred to the National Veterinary Research Quarantine Service," a provincial government official said.
The infected chicks were among 49,000 chicks sent to Seosan on Nov. 20 by two breeding farms in Iksan, 140 kilometers south of Seosan, where the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu was first discovered Thursday.
The virus strain in the new outbreak will not be known until this Thursday, authorities said. According to the provincial government, none of the chicks at the farm showed symptoms of the disease.
Until the test results are ready, the provincial government will only keep the chicks under observation and ban their transfer. Other tests are under way at five additional farms who bought chicks from breeding farms in Iksan.
"If the virus is highly pathogenic, most of the chicks at the farm would probably have died. But at this farm, about 5 percent have died, which is about an average rate," said Kim Jong-uk, director at the livestock department of the city government.
Still another bird flu outbreak was confirmed yesterday in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi province, the second to have been found in the province recently.
A farm owner in Gaegumyeon, Yangpyeong county, reported to the center on Friday that about 800 of his 1,700 chickens had died over three or four days. But the strain of that virus was a low pathogenic form, the center said. The farm has been quarantined and disinfected.
In Seoul, Park Hong-soo, the minister of agriculture, and his colleague Rhyu Si-min at the Health Ministry continued the administration's campaign to assure the public that poultry is safe to eat if cooked.
At a press briefing, the ministers read from a statement that said, "Chickens, ducks and eggs in the bird flu outbreak areas have all been destroyed or banned from trade." Cooked chicken is safe, they reiterated, trying to avert a flight from poultry products by nervous Koreans.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200611/28/200611280047598539900090409041.html
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<!-- 기사내용 --> <!--@본문시작@-->November 29, 2006 ㅡ DAEJEON - Two chickens at a farm in Seosan, South Chungcheong province, were confirmed to have been infected with bird flu, the South Chungcheong provincial government said yesterday.
"Two of 80 chicks tested at a farm in Hwacheonri, Seosan, were found positive for bird flu and were referred to the National Veterinary Research Quarantine Service," a provincial government official said.
The infected chicks were among 49,000 chicks sent to Seosan on Nov. 20 by two breeding farms in Iksan, 140 kilometers south of Seosan, where the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu was first discovered Thursday.
The virus strain in the new outbreak will not be known until this Thursday, authorities said. According to the provincial government, none of the chicks at the farm showed symptoms of the disease.
Until the test results are ready, the provincial government will only keep the chicks under observation and ban their transfer. Other tests are under way at five additional farms who bought chicks from breeding farms in Iksan.
"If the virus is highly pathogenic, most of the chicks at the farm would probably have died. But at this farm, about 5 percent have died, which is about an average rate," said Kim Jong-uk, director at the livestock department of the city government.
Still another bird flu outbreak was confirmed yesterday in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi province, the second to have been found in the province recently.
A farm owner in Gaegumyeon, Yangpyeong county, reported to the center on Friday that about 800 of his 1,700 chickens had died over three or four days. But the strain of that virus was a low pathogenic form, the center said. The farm has been quarantined and disinfected.
In Seoul, Park Hong-soo, the minister of agriculture, and his colleague Rhyu Si-min at the Health Ministry continued the administration's campaign to assure the public that poultry is safe to eat if cooked.
At a press briefing, the ministers read from a statement that said, "Chickens, ducks and eggs in the bird flu outbreak areas have all been destroyed or banned from trade." Cooked chicken is safe, they reiterated, trying to avert a flight from poultry products by nervous Koreans.
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200611/28/200611280047598539900090409041.html
Re: South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15919265/
SEOUL - South Korea plans to kill cats and dogs to try to prevent the spread of bird flu after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 virus at a chicken farm last week, officials said Monday.
Animal health experts, however, suggested it was ?a bit of an extreme measure? when there was no scientific evidence to suggest that cats or dogs could pass the virus to humans.
Quarantine officials have already killed 125,000 chickens within a 1,650-foot radius of the outbreak site in Iksan, about 155 miles south of Seoul, the Agriculture Ministry said. Officials began slaughtering poultry on Sunday, a day after they confirmed that the outbreak was caused by the H5N1 strain.
They plan to slaughter a total of 236,000 poultry, as well as other animals, including pigs, and all dogs and cats in the area by Thursday, the ministry said. About 6 million eggs also will be destroyed, it said. The ministry did not say how many dogs, cats and other animals would be killed.
Slaughtering cats and dogs near an area infected with bird flu would be highly unusual in Asia. Indonesia has killed pigs in the past, but most countries concentrate solely on destroying poultry.
However, it would not be the first time for South Korea to kill cats and dogs due bird flu concerns. An official at the Agriculture Ministry said South Korea slaughtered cats and dogs along with 5.3 million birds during the last outbreak of bird flu in 2003.
The official declined to be named, saying he was not authorized to talk to media.
'Highly unusual'
Dogs specially bred for eating are slaughtered for consumption in South Korea, where many people enjoy dog meat as a delicacy.
Another ministry official, Kim Chang-sup, insisted killing cats and dogs to curtail the spread of bird flu was not unusual.
?Other countries do it. They just don?t talk about it,? Kim said, adding that all mammals are potentially subject to the virus. He declined further comment.
But animal experts disputed the validity of killing cats and dogs.
?It?s highly unusual, and it?s not a science-based decision,? said Peter Roeder, a Rome-based animal health expert with the U.N.?s Food and Agricultural Organization or FAO, who published research about cats and bird flu earlier this year in the journal Nature. ?We?ve got absolutely no reason to believe they?re important,? he told The Associated Press.
Dr. Jeff Gilbert, an animal health expert at the FAO in Vietnam, described South Korea?s plan as ?a bit of an extreme measure.?
He said dogs and cats occasionally become infected, but pose little risk to people.
Tigers and snow leopards in a Thailand zoo died in 2003 and 2004 after being fed infected chicken carcasses. Earlier this year, a few domestic cats tested positive for the virus in Europe.
The H5N1 virus began ravaging Asian poultry stocks in late 2003 and has killed at least 153 people worldwide.
So far, the disease remains hard for people to catch, and most human cases have been traced to contact with infected birds. But experts fear it will mutate into a form that is easily spread among people, possibly creating a pandemic that could kill millions.
? 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15919265/
SEOUL - South Korea plans to kill cats and dogs to try to prevent the spread of bird flu after an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 virus at a chicken farm last week, officials said Monday.
Animal health experts, however, suggested it was ?a bit of an extreme measure? when there was no scientific evidence to suggest that cats or dogs could pass the virus to humans.
Quarantine officials have already killed 125,000 chickens within a 1,650-foot radius of the outbreak site in Iksan, about 155 miles south of Seoul, the Agriculture Ministry said. Officials began slaughtering poultry on Sunday, a day after they confirmed that the outbreak was caused by the H5N1 strain.
They plan to slaughter a total of 236,000 poultry, as well as other animals, including pigs, and all dogs and cats in the area by Thursday, the ministry said. About 6 million eggs also will be destroyed, it said. The ministry did not say how many dogs, cats and other animals would be killed.
Slaughtering cats and dogs near an area infected with bird flu would be highly unusual in Asia. Indonesia has killed pigs in the past, but most countries concentrate solely on destroying poultry.
However, it would not be the first time for South Korea to kill cats and dogs due bird flu concerns. An official at the Agriculture Ministry said South Korea slaughtered cats and dogs along with 5.3 million birds during the last outbreak of bird flu in 2003.
The official declined to be named, saying he was not authorized to talk to media.
'Highly unusual'
Dogs specially bred for eating are slaughtered for consumption in South Korea, where many people enjoy dog meat as a delicacy.
Another ministry official, Kim Chang-sup, insisted killing cats and dogs to curtail the spread of bird flu was not unusual.
?Other countries do it. They just don?t talk about it,? Kim said, adding that all mammals are potentially subject to the virus. He declined further comment.
But animal experts disputed the validity of killing cats and dogs.
?It?s highly unusual, and it?s not a science-based decision,? said Peter Roeder, a Rome-based animal health expert with the U.N.?s Food and Agricultural Organization or FAO, who published research about cats and bird flu earlier this year in the journal Nature. ?We?ve got absolutely no reason to believe they?re important,? he told The Associated Press.
Dr. Jeff Gilbert, an animal health expert at the FAO in Vietnam, described South Korea?s plan as ?a bit of an extreme measure.?
He said dogs and cats occasionally become infected, but pose little risk to people.
Tigers and snow leopards in a Thailand zoo died in 2003 and 2004 after being fed infected chicken carcasses. Earlier this year, a few domestic cats tested positive for the virus in Europe.
The H5N1 virus began ravaging Asian poultry stocks in late 2003 and has killed at least 153 people worldwide.
So far, the disease remains hard for people to catch, and most human cases have been traced to contact with infected birds. But experts fear it will mutate into a form that is easily spread among people, possibly creating a pandemic that could kill millions.
? 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Re: South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
I believe that Yangpyeong is due east of Seoul (55 km). All locations are on west side of South Korea.
hawkeye said:I threw this map together.
Image originally created by: http://www.citypopulation.de/KoreaSouth.html
I believe that Yangpyeong is due east of Seoul (55 km). All locations are on west side of South Korea.
Re: South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
Second Bird Flu Strain Less Virulent
After a virulent strain of bird flu was detected in Iksan, North Jeolla Province, chickens in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province and Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province were also found dead soon afterwards. However, this outbreak was confirmed to be a milder form of avian influenza, which has a lower risk than the previous one.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry announced on November 27 that the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service conducted an investigation on the mass chicken death in Seosan and confirmed that the strain of bird flu virus discovered was less pathogenic.
In Yangpyeong, a chicken farm owner reported that 800 of his 1,700 chickens have died since November 21. The local government of Gyeonggi Province commissioned the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service for an inspection of this farm and found out that low pathogen AI was also the cause for this case. Technically, this low pathogenic bird flu is not classified as avian influenza, as it is non-virulent and not harmful to humans.
At a joint press briefing, Agriculture Minister Park Hong-soo and Health and Welfare Minister Rhyu Si-min asked the public not to be concerned. ?Poultry from the questioned areas are not distributed to the market. We also conduct tight sanitary monitoring in any mass culling. You don?t have to feel anxious.?
In the meantime, controversies arose over the cafeteria in Gwacheon Government Complex, which stopped serving food with chicken such as chicken stew and fried chicken from November 27. Civil servants are main customers of this cafeteria.
?We excluded chicken from the menu because even eggs in soybean sauce beef were left over,? a cook at the cafeteria said.
Second Bird Flu Strain Less Virulent
After a virulent strain of bird flu was detected in Iksan, North Jeolla Province, chickens in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province and Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province were also found dead soon afterwards. However, this outbreak was confirmed to be a milder form of avian influenza, which has a lower risk than the previous one.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry announced on November 27 that the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service conducted an investigation on the mass chicken death in Seosan and confirmed that the strain of bird flu virus discovered was less pathogenic.
In Yangpyeong, a chicken farm owner reported that 800 of his 1,700 chickens have died since November 21. The local government of Gyeonggi Province commissioned the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service for an inspection of this farm and found out that low pathogen AI was also the cause for this case. Technically, this low pathogenic bird flu is not classified as avian influenza, as it is non-virulent and not harmful to humans.
At a joint press briefing, Agriculture Minister Park Hong-soo and Health and Welfare Minister Rhyu Si-min asked the public not to be concerned. ?Poultry from the questioned areas are not distributed to the market. We also conduct tight sanitary monitoring in any mass culling. You don?t have to feel anxious.?
In the meantime, controversies arose over the cafeteria in Gwacheon Government Complex, which stopped serving food with chicken such as chicken stew and fried chicken from November 27. Civil servants are main customers of this cafeteria.
?We excluded chicken from the menu because even eggs in soybean sauce beef were left over,? a cook at the cafeteria said.
Re: South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
SEOUL, Nov 28 (Reuters) - South Korea's farm ministry said a second suspected case of highly pathogenic bird flu at a poultry farm, after conon Tuesday it had found firming on Saturday it had its first outbreak in three years of the H5N1 strain.
The ministry said the second suspected case was at a poultry farm near where the first case had been found and they are checking to see if the virus has spread through the country.
South Korea has nearly completed culling all 236,000 poultry within a 500 metre (1,640-ft) radius of a farm in North Cholla province about 170 km (100 miles) south from Seoul where officials said the H5N1 avian influenza strain had been detected.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SEO152472.htm
SEOUL, Nov 28 (Reuters) - South Korea's farm ministry said a second suspected case of highly pathogenic bird flu at a poultry farm, after conon Tuesday it had found firming on Saturday it had its first outbreak in three years of the H5N1 strain.
The ministry said the second suspected case was at a poultry farm near where the first case had been found and they are checking to see if the virus has spread through the country.
South Korea has nearly completed culling all 236,000 poultry within a 500 metre (1,640-ft) radius of a farm in North Cholla province about 170 km (100 miles) south from Seoul where officials said the H5N1 avian influenza strain had been detected.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SEO152472.htm
Re: South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
Commentary at
http://www.recombinomics.com/News/11270605/H5_Korea_Spread_5.html
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http://www.recombinomics.com/News/11270605/H5_Korea_Spread_5.html
Re: South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
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SEOUL, Nov 28 (Reuters) - South Korea's farm ministry said on Tuesday it had found a suspected case of highly pathogenic bird flu at a second poultry farm, after confirming on Saturday it had its first outbreak in three years of the H5N1 strain.
The ministry said about 200 chickens at a farm near where the first case had been found in North Cholla province had died this week. The farms in the southwest of the country lie on a path for migratory birds.
"The results of our testing should be known late this afternoon," said an official at the ministry.
The ministry is also checking to see if the H5N1 virus, which is potentially deadly to human beings, has spread through the country.
South Korea had by Monday completed culling 75,500 poultry within a 500 metre (1,640-ft) radius of the farm in North Cholla province about 170 km (100 miles) south from Seoul. It plans to destroy a remaining 160,500 birds in the same area by Thursday.
There were no reports to suggest local residents or quarantine officials had been infected, another Agriculture Ministry official said by telephone.
Between December 2003 and March 2004, about 400,000 poultry at South Korean farms were infected by bird flu.
During that outbreak, the country culled 5.3 million birds and spent about 1.5 trillion won ($1.6 billion) to prevent the disease spreading, officials said.
Subsequent testing in the United States indicated at least nine South Korean workers involved in the cull had been infected with the H5N1 virus, but none developed major illnesses.
Since 2003, outbreaks have been confirmed in around 50 countries and territories, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=SEO152472&WTmodLoc=World-R5-Alertnet-2
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SEOUL, Nov 28 (Reuters) - South Korea's farm ministry said on Tuesday it had found a suspected case of highly pathogenic bird flu at a second poultry farm, after confirming on Saturday it had its first outbreak in three years of the H5N1 strain.
The ministry said about 200 chickens at a farm near where the first case had been found in North Cholla province had died this week. The farms in the southwest of the country lie on a path for migratory birds.
"The results of our testing should be known late this afternoon," said an official at the ministry.
The ministry is also checking to see if the H5N1 virus, which is potentially deadly to human beings, has spread through the country.
South Korea had by Monday completed culling 75,500 poultry within a 500 metre (1,640-ft) radius of the farm in North Cholla province about 170 km (100 miles) south from Seoul. It plans to destroy a remaining 160,500 birds in the same area by Thursday.
There were no reports to suggest local residents or quarantine officials had been infected, another Agriculture Ministry official said by telephone.
Between December 2003 and March 2004, about 400,000 poultry at South Korean farms were infected by bird flu.
During that outbreak, the country culled 5.3 million birds and spent about 1.5 trillion won ($1.6 billion) to prevent the disease spreading, officials said.
Subsequent testing in the United States indicated at least nine South Korean workers involved in the cull had been infected with the H5N1 virus, but none developed major illnesses.
Since 2003, outbreaks have been confirmed in around 50 countries and territories, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health.
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Re: South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
Commentary
Bird Flu Spread To Five South Korean West Coast Locations
Recombinomics Commentary
November 27, 2006
In Yangpyeong, a chicken farm owner reported that 800 of his 1,700 chickens have died since November 21. The local government of Gyeonggi Province commissioned the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service for an inspection of this farm and found out that low pathogen AI was also the cause for this case. Technically, this low pathogenic bird flu is not classified as avian influenza, as it is non-virulent and not harmful to humans
The above characterization of the deaths of almost 50% of a flock in a matter of days as being "low path" avian influenza that wasn't avian influenza, captures the absurdities being printed in media reports coming out of Korea in the past few days.
The above outbreak appears to be the fifth in a matter of days. Thus far, four of the five outbreaks have been characterized as low path, but no serotypes have been given and the number of dead chickens has been 200, 510, 800, and 1000 at the four "low path" locations.
Now wire service reports are reporting another suspected high path outbreak near the index farm, strongly suggesting that most or all of the low path outbreaks will be high path H5N1 and cover a significant portion of the western coast of South Korea.
More specifics on the serotypes and sequences of the bird flu in these multiple locations in South Korea would be useful.
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niman said:
Commentary
Bird Flu Spread To Five South Korean West Coast Locations
Recombinomics Commentary
November 27, 2006
In Yangpyeong, a chicken farm owner reported that 800 of his 1,700 chickens have died since November 21. The local government of Gyeonggi Province commissioned the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service for an inspection of this farm and found out that low pathogen AI was also the cause for this case. Technically, this low pathogenic bird flu is not classified as avian influenza, as it is non-virulent and not harmful to humans
The above characterization of the deaths of almost 50% of a flock in a matter of days as being "low path" avian influenza that wasn't avian influenza, captures the absurdities being printed in media reports coming out of Korea in the past few days.
The above outbreak appears to be the fifth in a matter of days. Thus far, four of the five outbreaks have been characterized as low path, but no serotypes have been given and the number of dead chickens has been 200, 510, 800, and 1000 at the four "low path" locations.
Now wire service reports are reporting another suspected high path outbreak near the index farm, strongly suggesting that most or all of the low path outbreaks will be high path H5N1 and cover a significant portion of the western coast of South Korea.
More specifics on the serotypes and sequences of the bird flu in these multiple locations in South Korea would be useful.
.
Theresa42
Well-known member
Re: South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
I'm not sure, but to me it sounds like there might be 7 farms involved in the outbreaks in Iksan and Seosan [South Chungcheong province]. This article (and others) from a South Chungcheong newspaper mentions 7 farmhouses (7 farms?)...
babelfish-ed from Korean:
Ig mountain [Iksan] bell chiefs and Chung Buk [South Chungcheong, province where Seosan is] contact farmhouse 7 place special civil officials
AI interception this time stock price climax
Nov 28, 2006
It is a birds of the Chung Buk boat song chollapuk_do Ig mountain [Iksan] and phul lwu to the occurrence bell total farm to sleep (AI) and against the provincial farmhouse 7 places which contact a middle this time stock price birds which enters into the special civil official it is and phul lwu to it sees with the fact that the climax will become in the diffusion yes or no to sleep.
It opened the 27th press interview going round the first it was a birds which it discovers from one chicken farm of 2003 December voice and phul lwu to it listened to the instance which inside own escape one is contagious with the chicken and the duck of the neighborhood farm, it was this time stock price birds and phul lwu to it started to a report special anti-epidemic measure in the climax in the early rising which will cut it will be able to intercept.
Occurrence farm contact farmhouse detailed survey = once it goes round it was a birds of the chollapuk_do Ig mountain [Iksan] and phul lwu to the occurrence bell total farm to sleep and the provincial domestic fowl breeding farmhouse which contacts the petition 2 place, Poun 2 places, Chinch'on 2 places, revealed it was investigated with the voice 1 place back total 7 places.
These farmhouse is the birds and phul lwu to it was investigated with the fact that it has the occurrence bell total farm to sleep and the relationship of the chick stand-up meal 3 place vaccine inoculation 3 place vehicle entrance and exit 1 place.
It is a birds which it goes round specially phul lwu to against Chinch'on farmhouse 2 place which eats standing 173,800 chicks and the voice farmhouse 1 place from the occurrence bell total farm to sleep the serum it executes the minute Byun prosecuting attorney from the line livestock raising hygienic laboratory.
It was a birds in this and phul lwu to from the occurrence farm to sleep Chinch'on farmhouse which eats standing 36,500 chicks came to reveal the minute Byun prosecuting attorney with the fact that it does not have the above one result.
Against these farmhouse 3 places which it goes round also the line serum prosecuting attorney is being in parallel and a plan where the 30th about prosecuting attorney result will be announced from the 29th day which comes it is. The serum the minute Byun prosecuting attorney or example it will kick the provincial bell chief 11 places which except these farmhouse 3 places which it goes round but and the farmhouse 1,190 places it was not above the result which it opens in the object it emphasized.
It went round and also the result which inspects 110 proposal minute Byun and 5,460 proposal serum in the object as well there was not a problem point which is special it announced the provincial migratory bird arrival Ji 2 place.
Special disease prevention reinforcement and consuming promotion = from current week 1 time it increased domestic fowl farmhouse autonomous disinfecting to prepare in situation of in case which goes round above 1st 1, from the 29th day which comes every buyer Wednesday to mobilize the community room altar at the disinfecting height it did.
Also it is a policy which will prepare the public information countermeasure for the consuming promotion to prepare in the chicken and duck consuming diminishing suddenly.
The body which is a Chung Buk area chicken processing enterprise li with the father or production volume of the neck right village back the first line chicken house which appears with the fact that one day it is not big failure at even 180 ton or three total thang the change the above the back where the sale falls with a consuming atrophy from the specialty dining room back is appearing. The Chung Buk area domestic fowl breeding farmhouse was added with 9,170,000 chicken 264 furnitures, 990,000 duck 752 furnitures and 3,011 goose 175 furnitures.
The Chung Buk Kim the flag agricultural administration director of a bureau whom it bites will cut into strips and "the chicken with the problem where the flag consuming decrease is big most and it will be visible" "it will learn when it will eat and above Celsius 75 degrees and and the problem point and is not intensively public information it will talk".
http://www.ccilbo.com/news/read.php?idxno=43327&rsec=MAIN§ion=MAIN
I'm not sure, but to me it sounds like there might be 7 farms involved in the outbreaks in Iksan and Seosan [South Chungcheong province]. This article (and others) from a South Chungcheong newspaper mentions 7 farmhouses (7 farms?)...
babelfish-ed from Korean:
Ig mountain [Iksan] bell chiefs and Chung Buk [South Chungcheong, province where Seosan is] contact farmhouse 7 place special civil officials
AI interception this time stock price climax
Nov 28, 2006
It is a birds of the Chung Buk boat song chollapuk_do Ig mountain [Iksan] and phul lwu to the occurrence bell total farm to sleep (AI) and against the provincial farmhouse 7 places which contact a middle this time stock price birds which enters into the special civil official it is and phul lwu to it sees with the fact that the climax will become in the diffusion yes or no to sleep.
It opened the 27th press interview going round the first it was a birds which it discovers from one chicken farm of 2003 December voice and phul lwu to it listened to the instance which inside own escape one is contagious with the chicken and the duck of the neighborhood farm, it was this time stock price birds and phul lwu to it started to a report special anti-epidemic measure in the climax in the early rising which will cut it will be able to intercept.
Occurrence farm contact farmhouse detailed survey = once it goes round it was a birds of the chollapuk_do Ig mountain [Iksan] and phul lwu to the occurrence bell total farm to sleep and the provincial domestic fowl breeding farmhouse which contacts the petition 2 place, Poun 2 places, Chinch'on 2 places, revealed it was investigated with the voice 1 place back total 7 places.
These farmhouse is the birds and phul lwu to it was investigated with the fact that it has the occurrence bell total farm to sleep and the relationship of the chick stand-up meal 3 place vaccine inoculation 3 place vehicle entrance and exit 1 place.
It is a birds which it goes round specially phul lwu to against Chinch'on farmhouse 2 place which eats standing 173,800 chicks and the voice farmhouse 1 place from the occurrence bell total farm to sleep the serum it executes the minute Byun prosecuting attorney from the line livestock raising hygienic laboratory.
It was a birds in this and phul lwu to from the occurrence farm to sleep Chinch'on farmhouse which eats standing 36,500 chicks came to reveal the minute Byun prosecuting attorney with the fact that it does not have the above one result.
Against these farmhouse 3 places which it goes round also the line serum prosecuting attorney is being in parallel and a plan where the 30th about prosecuting attorney result will be announced from the 29th day which comes it is. The serum the minute Byun prosecuting attorney or example it will kick the provincial bell chief 11 places which except these farmhouse 3 places which it goes round but and the farmhouse 1,190 places it was not above the result which it opens in the object it emphasized.
It went round and also the result which inspects 110 proposal minute Byun and 5,460 proposal serum in the object as well there was not a problem point which is special it announced the provincial migratory bird arrival Ji 2 place.
Special disease prevention reinforcement and consuming promotion = from current week 1 time it increased domestic fowl farmhouse autonomous disinfecting to prepare in situation of in case which goes round above 1st 1, from the 29th day which comes every buyer Wednesday to mobilize the community room altar at the disinfecting height it did.
Also it is a policy which will prepare the public information countermeasure for the consuming promotion to prepare in the chicken and duck consuming diminishing suddenly.
The body which is a Chung Buk area chicken processing enterprise li with the father or production volume of the neck right village back the first line chicken house which appears with the fact that one day it is not big failure at even 180 ton or three total thang the change the above the back where the sale falls with a consuming atrophy from the specialty dining room back is appearing. The Chung Buk area domestic fowl breeding farmhouse was added with 9,170,000 chicken 264 furnitures, 990,000 duck 752 furnitures and 3,011 goose 175 furnitures.
The Chung Buk Kim the flag agricultural administration director of a bureau whom it bites will cut into strips and "the chicken with the problem where the flag consuming decrease is big most and it will be visible" "it will learn when it will eat and above Celsius 75 degrees and and the problem point and is not intensively public information it will talk".
http://www.ccilbo.com/news/read.php?idxno=43327&rsec=MAIN§ion=MAIN
Theresa42
Well-known member
Re: South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
Second Bird Flu Strain Less Virulent
NOVEMBER 28, 2006 03:22
After a virulent strain of bird flu was detected in Iksan, North Jeolla Province, chickens in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province and Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province were also found dead soon afterwards. However, this outbreak was confirmed to be a milder form of avian influenza, which has a lower risk than the previous one.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry announced on November 27 that the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service conducted an investigation on the mass chicken death in Seosan and confirmed that the strain of bird flu virus discovered was less pathogenic.
In Yangpyeong, a chicken farm owner reported that 800 of his 1,700 chickens have died since November 21. The local government of Gyeonggi Province commissioned the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service for an inspection of this farm and found out that low pathogen AI was also the cause for this case. Technically, this low pathogenic bird flu is not classified as avian influenza [
], as it is non-virulent and not harmful to humans.
At a joint press briefing, Agriculture Minister Park Hong-soo and Health and Welfare Minister Rhyu Si-min asked the public not to be concerned. ?Poultry from the questioned areas are not distributed to the market. We also conduct tight sanitary monitoring in any mass culling. You don?t have to feel anxious.?
In the meantime, controversies arose over the cafeteria in Gwacheon Government Complex, which stopped serving food with chicken such as chicken stew and fried chicken from November 27. Civil servants are main customers of this cafeteria.
?We excluded chicken from the menu because even eggs in soybean sauce beef were left over,? a cook at the cafeteria said.
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=040000&biid=2006112872878
Second Bird Flu Strain Less Virulent
NOVEMBER 28, 2006 03:22
After a virulent strain of bird flu was detected in Iksan, North Jeolla Province, chickens in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province and Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province were also found dead soon afterwards. However, this outbreak was confirmed to be a milder form of avian influenza, which has a lower risk than the previous one.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry announced on November 27 that the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service conducted an investigation on the mass chicken death in Seosan and confirmed that the strain of bird flu virus discovered was less pathogenic.
In Yangpyeong, a chicken farm owner reported that 800 of his 1,700 chickens have died since November 21. The local government of Gyeonggi Province commissioned the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service for an inspection of this farm and found out that low pathogen AI was also the cause for this case. Technically, this low pathogenic bird flu is not classified as avian influenza [
], as it is non-virulent and not harmful to humans. At a joint press briefing, Agriculture Minister Park Hong-soo and Health and Welfare Minister Rhyu Si-min asked the public not to be concerned. ?Poultry from the questioned areas are not distributed to the market. We also conduct tight sanitary monitoring in any mass culling. You don?t have to feel anxious.?
In the meantime, controversies arose over the cafeteria in Gwacheon Government Complex, which stopped serving food with chicken such as chicken stew and fried chicken from November 27. Civil servants are main customers of this cafeteria.
?We excluded chicken from the menu because even eggs in soybean sauce beef were left over,? a cook at the cafeteria said.
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=040000&biid=2006112872878
Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Re: South Korea - H5N1 - Iksan & Yangpyeong
S. Korea confirms second highly pathogenic bird flu
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean officials said Tuesday they had discovered a second case of highly pathogenic avian influenza on a poultry farm in the southern part of the country.
The confirmation came after the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said Saturday it had confirmed the country's first outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu in three years on a poultry farm in Iksan, about 230 kilometers south of Seoul.
The latest case was found on a farm about 3 kilometers from the first outbreak site, the ministry said.
Quarantine officials were working to confirm if the latest outbreak was the H5N1 strain, which can be fatal to humans, it added.
http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20061128/660000000020061128152427E7.html
S. Korea confirms second highly pathogenic bird flu
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean officials said Tuesday they had discovered a second case of highly pathogenic avian influenza on a poultry farm in the southern part of the country.
The confirmation came after the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said Saturday it had confirmed the country's first outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu in three years on a poultry farm in Iksan, about 230 kilometers south of Seoul.
The latest case was found on a farm about 3 kilometers from the first outbreak site, the ministry said.
Quarantine officials were working to confirm if the latest outbreak was the H5N1 strain, which can be fatal to humans, it added.
http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20061128/660000000020061128152427E7.html