South Korea: H5N1 in Fowl/Animals, 2 April 2008 +

Treyfish · Apr 5, 2008

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=555 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=555 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=link_title1 style="LINE-HEIGHT: 24px" span>Disposes Poultry Livestock Near Bird-Flu Infected Farm</TD></TR><TR><TD class=topmenu02><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Saturday, April 5, 2008 13:06:58 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD height=20></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=210 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD> </TD><TD width=189></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Quarantine officials have disposed of poultry livestock in Gimje, North Jeolla Province, after a new case of bird flu was confirmed at a chicken farm in the area.

The local authorities said they were in the process of culling and burying over 270-thousand chickens within a 500 meter radius of the infected farm.

In addition, all poultry livestock within a three-kilometer radius of the farm is restricted from being transported.

In the wake of the outbreak, the provincial government bolstered efforts to prevent the spread of the virus, and added five more quarantine checkpoints to the existing 20 in the region.:tiphat: http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/newsview_sub.php?menu=4&key=2008040508</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

HenryN · Apr 5, 2008

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S Korea finds second bird flu case

AGENCIES, SEOUL
Sunday, Apr 06, 2008, Page 5
A second bird flu case has been discovered among poultry in southwestern South Korea, sparking fears that avian influenza might be spreading in this country, health authorities said yesterday.

The new outbreak was confirmed at a duck farm in Jeongeup, about 250km southwest of Seoul, where half of its 12,500 ducks have died since Monday, the agriculture ministry said.

The farm is 27km from a chicken farm where this year?s first bird flu outbreak was confirmed three days earlier.

?All the ducks there will be immediately culled and buried? said Kim Chang-seob, chief veterinary officer of the ministry.

Other ministry officials said workers would cull about 6,500 of the 12,000 or so ducks at the farm yesterday.

Further tests were required to determine if the virus was the H5N1 strain of bird flu.

?In normal circumstances, we?ll wait for the test results which will be available on Monday but we?ve decided to take action immediately,? he said.

The ministry has also imposed restrictions on the movement of some 1.8 million poultry being raised within a 10km radius of the Gimje duck farm. It has also banned distribution of 3.6 million animals within a 10km radius of the farm and ordered the destruction of eggs produced and already distributed in the area

The country has had seven outbreaks of the H5N1 strain between November 2006 and March last year and has spent 58.2 billion won (US$59.17 million) on quarantine measures.

Last June the World Organization for Animal Health classified the country as free from the disease.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2008/04/06/2003408550

Treyfish · Apr 6, 2008

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The Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry said Sunday that all poultry livestock around the farm will be restricted from being transported for a while, as the test results usually take about a week to complete.

In Jeongeup, the ministry found that a poultry farm shipped ducks before reporting deaths of the birds. Officials are investigating nearby farms and slaughterhouses.:tiphat: http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/newsview_sub.php?menu=4&key=2008040606
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Treyfish · Apr 6, 2008

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Treyfish · Apr 6, 2008

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Bird flu discovered in southern Korea The government on Saturday confirmed a second bird flu outbreak at a duck farm in southwestern Korea just three days after another case was reported in the vicinity, according to Yonhap News Agency.

The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said preliminary tests conducted on ducks that died earlier in the week
at the farm in Jeongeup, about 250 kilometers southwest of Seoul, came back positive for the "H5 type" bird flu virus.

Of the 12,500 ducks on the farm, half have died as of Friday. The farm is located 27 kilometers away from an egg-laying chicken farm that first reported a surge in dead birds late last month.

Authorities said the chickens died from the virulent type of the avian influenza that has caused human deaths in the past.

The ministry said detailed tests are underway to determine if the virus is the virulent H5N1 strain, and expected results to be released on Monday.
Quarantine officials said that all ducks raised on the farm have been culled and buried, with all poultry within a 10-kilometer radius restricted from transport. There is a total of 60 poultry farms within the region, raising 1.8 million birds.

The area has been quarantined, with people and vehicles required to go through a thorough decontamination process before being allowed to leave the area.

Ministry officials, in addition, said that they have secured at a holding area in Naju the meat from birds that were shipped out of the duck farm on Tuesday, and are moving to destroy it. It said 6,500 birds were sent out a day before the owner reported the outbreak. The butchering facility has been closed for decontamination, and workers submitted to blood tests to check for contamination.

They said because there is a good chance that the Jeongeup outbreak may have been caused by the virulent strain, it has dispatched large number of quarantine officials to increase monitoring of the area and conduct widespread decontamination efforts.

The ministry, meanwhile, said 272,000 chickens from five farms in Gimje, where the first outbreak was reported, have been culled. Around 300,000 eggs from those farms have also been destroyed.

On Thursday, the government confirmed that virus from the egg-laying farm in Gimje was the virulent H5N1 strain. It said North Jeolla Province has been allocated 10 billion won ($10.2 million) in emergency relief funds to compensate farmers for damages incurred by the outbreak. It, however, said that the owner of the duck farm who shipped out his birds and reported the
outbreak late will be penalized.

Animal experts, however, criticized the regional and central government for not responding quickly to the outbreak, and for ending the observation period for the avian influenza in February. :tiphat:

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/

Treyfish · Apr 6, 2008

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<TABLE cellSpacing=6 cellPadding=0 width=468 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD background=/www/news/images/view_title.gif><TABLE height=20 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD align=left height=30><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width="70%">04-06-2008 17:28</TD><TD align=right width="30%">http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/04/nation_list.asp?categoryCode=117 http://javascript<b></b>:fontPlus() http://javascript<b></b>:fontMinus() http://javascript<b></b>:goPrint()</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD class=style7 align=middle height=70>Bird Flu Hits Southwest</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top>

Quarantine officials decontaminate a vehicle near a duck farm in Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province, where a second case of avian influenza broke out in less than a week, Sunday. / Yonhap

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Staff Reporter

The authorities have issued their highest alert warning for avian influenza after two cases were reported in the southwest of the country.

Quarantine measures have been taken to prevent the bird flu from spreading further, but the authorities are having difficulty finding the source of the epidemic.

The Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has slaughtered 300,000 chickens and ducks at farms in Gimje and Jeongeup in North Jeolla Province, and is restricting the transport of poultry in nearby regions.

The measures come after 6,000 ducks that died at a farm in Jeongeup were confirmed to be positive for the bird flu virus Saturday. Whether the virus involves the lethal H5N1 strain will be confirmed Monday.

It is the second outbreak of avian influenza this year, with the first one reported two days earlier at a chicken farm in Gimje. The two farms are 27 kilometers apart.

Restrictions have been placed on the transport of poultry as well as equipment and vehicles used at poultry farms within a radius of 10 kilometers of the outbreak sites.

More than 6,500 ducks from the farm, sent to an abattoir in Naju, South Jeolla Province, were not distributed to the market. The abattoir was closed for decontamination operations, while preventive measures were taken at the 13 poultry farms where vehicles that transported the ducks visited later.

Another duck farm in nearby Sunchang was quarantined Sunday as 50 ducks there have died daily over the past 10 days. Authorities are examining the case but said the chances of bird flu are low, as the ducks did not have any of the characteristic symptoms.

In the meantime, the ministry is having difficulty discovering how the avian influenza is being spread in the region. Previous cases occurred in winter, so authorities suspected migratory birds might be the culprit as many are still here.

Quarantine officials are checking the health of 11 foreign workers from Mongolia, Vietnam and China who were working at the Gimje poultry farm where the epidemic originated.:tiphat:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/04/117_22024.html

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HenryN · Apr 6, 2008

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<TABLE id=tbl_article cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 20px"><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>More cases of bird flu suspected
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April 07, 2008

</TD></TR><TR><TD class=actxt id=articleBody style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 20px; LINE-HEIGHT: 27px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">A second and third possible outbreak of bird flu were reported at duck farms in southwestern Korea over the weekend, sparking fears that avian influenza might be spreading across the country, a government body said yesterday.
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced yesterday that the two other suspected cases ? at poultry farms in Jeongeup and Sunchang in North Jeolla ? will mean more disinfecting operations in the region.
Jeongeup is only 27 kilometers (17 miles) from the site where the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain broke out on April 3, leading to the slaughtering of 308,000 chickens. Preliminary tests showed the presence of bird flu in Jeongeup, but such tests were not conducted at the other site in Sunchang, 74 kilometers south of the initial outbreak on a chicken farm in Gimje, North Jeolla.
According to the ministry, about 6,000 ducks at the Jeongeup farm have died since the last day of March.
Authorities killed and buried the remaining 6,500 ducks at the farm right after a preliminary test indicated bird flu was present.
The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service took further tests to determine whether the avian influenza virus is the highly contagious strain, called H5N1.
The ministry said it will reveal the results of the additional tests by
today.
??We have banned the movement of about 1.8 million poultry outside a 10-kilometer radius of the duck farm,?? Kim Yong-sang, an official of the ministry, said in a statement. ??We will try our best not to spread the bird flu.??
The owner of the farm in Sunchang, whose name was not released by the ministry, reported the outbreak over the weekend.
Government officials said about 500 ducks have died during the last 10 days at Sunchang. The owner has about 9,500 ducks.
??I think the ducks died of other regular diseases, not bird flu, but we will conduct a test to confirm why they died,?? said an official of North Jeolla Province, declining to be named. The official said more birds probably would have died if it was bird flu.
The possible rapid spread of avian influenza has hurt the industry. The stock prices of the big three poultry suppliers ? Harim, Maniker and Dongwoo ? fell after the first case of bird flu was confirmed to be H5N1.
??As the temperature climbs, people normally don??t have to worry much about bird flu,?? said the 57-year-old owner of a farm in Jeongeup who asked to be identified only as Mr. Kim. ??But I can??t go outside freely.??
Bird flu is typically only found in the winter and spring.
The highly contagious H5N1 strain was last reported in March 2007 in Korea.
Korea reported seven cases of bird flu with the deadly H5N1 strain between November 2006 and March last year.
According to the World Health Organization, the H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed more than 230 people worldwide since late 2003. There has never been a human infection in Korea.

By Park Sang-woo Staff Reporter/ Jang Dae-suk JoongAng Ilbo [spark@joongang.co.kr]

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2888344
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HenryN · Apr 6, 2008

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HenryN · Apr 6, 2008

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HenryN · Apr 6, 2008

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<TABLE width=500 align=center summary="" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>South Korea is investigating its third possible bird flu outbreak in less than a week, with 280,000 chickens and ducks being culled to contain the virus, officials said Sunday.
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The culling went ahead following two outbreaks at poultry farms in the country's southwest last week and as it was announced that another site had been placed under quarantine.

South Korea Saturday confirmed a second bird flu case at a duck farm in Jeongeup, about 250 kilometres (156 miles) southwest of Seoul, where half of some 12,000 birds had died in the past week, prompting a slaughter.

"Officials culled and buried the remaining 6,140 ducks overnight at the affected farm in Jeongeup," Kim Hong-Chun, an official handling bird flu cases at the North Cheolla Province government, told AFP.

"They also completed culling and burying 270,614 chickens at a farm in Gimje, which had reported this year's first outbreak."

The outbreaks in Jeongeup and Gimje, 27 kilometres apart, have raised fears that bird flu may be spreading to other areas in North Cheolla Province, home to South Korea's poultry industry.

Movements of poultry being raised within a 10-kilometre radius of the affected farms are restricted.

Quarantine authorities said Sunday a duck farm in Sunchang, some 30 kilometres away from Jeongeup, has reported daily deaths of 40 to 50 birds since 10 days ago. The farm was under quarantine, as officials were trying to determine if the deaths were caused by bird flu or something else. The test results are due around Wednesday, they said.

Authorities here are also trying to determine whether the latest outbreaks relate to a virulent H5NI strain of bird flu.

South Korea reported seven cases of infection with the deadly H5N1 virus between November 2006 and March last year, with poultry exports to Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and elsewhere temporarily suspended.

But last June the World Organisation for Animal Health classified South Korea as free from the disease.

The virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed more than 230 people worldwide since late 2003. No South Koreans have contracted the disease.

? 2008 AFP

http://www.physorg.com/printnews.php?newsid=126696303
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Treyfish · Apr 6, 2008

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</TD><TD align=left width=5></TD></TR><TR><TD class=cap align=left colSpan=2>Health officials wearing protective gear place culled chickens into bags at a farm with bird flu in Gimje, about 215 km (135 miles) south of Seoul, April 4, 2008:tiphat: http://www.thanhniennews.com/worlds/?catid=9&newsid=37427</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Shiloh · Apr 6, 2008

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Source: http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/business/2008/04/07/56/0501000000AEN20080407001200320F.HTML

Industry
2008/04/07 09:57 KST
Suspected bird flu case reported in southwestern Korea

혻 혻 SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Monday it is investigating a suspected outbreak of avian influenza in the nation's southwest, as quarantine efforts to prevent the spread of the bird flu confirmed in a nearby chicken farm last week continue.

혻 혻 The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said that it has received a report from a chicken farm in Gobu, North Jeolla Province that around 700 chickens have died recently.

혻혻 The farm, located just 3 kilometers away from a duck farm in Jeongeup -- where an outbreak was reported late last week -- has been rearing a total of 18,000 chickens, it added. The ministry said that it is currently investigating whether the massive death of chickens is related to bird flu.

혻혻 The case in Gobu brought the number of farms which have reported outbreaks of bird flu to four so far this year. The four including those in Gimje, Jeongeup and Sunchang are all concentrated in the nation's southwestern region.

혻혻 The outbreak in Gimje's chicken farm has already been confirmed to be related to highly pathogenic avian influenza last week. The ministry is soon to announce the result of its probe into the reported outbreak of bird flu in a Jeongeup duck farm.

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HenryN · Apr 7, 2008

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SKorea confirms second outbreak of deadly bird flu strain
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SEOUL: South Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-Soo called on Monday for intensive efforts to stop the spread of bird flu after a second outbreak was confirmed to be the deadly H5N1 strain.

"Thorough steps are needed to stop it from spreading to other areas," Han told a meeting of senior officials.

Quarantine officials confirmed that the H5N1 virus caused the death of ducks at a farm at Jeongeup, 250 kilometres (156 miles) south of Seoul.

All birds at the farm have been slaughtered and buried, with movements of poultry within a 10-kilometre radius of the affected farm restricted.

The agriculture ministry said meat from 30,000 birds held at a butchering facility in Naju, 60 kilometres south of Jeongeup, had also been destroyed.

"The incident in Jeongeup is a source of concern because the owner did not report the outbreak until 6,500 birds were sent to the Naju butchering facility," said Kim Chang-Seob, its chief veterinary officer.

He said that because of risks of contamination, the butchering facility had been closed and the use of the five trucks used to transport birds had been halted.

"All 13 poultry farms visited by the trucks and farms within a one kilometre radius of roads used by these vehicles have been put under close observation, with blood samples taken to check for infection," Kim said.

The farm in Jeongeup is 30 kilometres south of Gimje where a chicken farm was hit by H5N1 last week. Some 270,000 chickens at five farms, the affected one and four others within a 500 metre radius, were slaughtered and buried along with all eggs in the area.

The outbreaks have raised fears that bird flu may be spreading to other areas in North Jeolla province, home to the nation's poultry industry.

Ministry officials said they were also investigating a suspected case at a farm in Gobu, just three kilometres from the farm in Jeongeup.

A duck farm in Sunchang, some 30 kilometres from Jeongeup, has also been under quarantine after it reported the death of birds. Officials were trying to determine if the deaths at Gobu and Sunchang were caused by the H5N1 virus.

South Korea reported seven cases of H5N1 infection between November 2006 and March last year, with poultry exports to Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and elsewhere temporarily suspended.

But last June the World Organisation for Animal Health classified the country as free from the disease.

H5N1 has killed more than 230 people worldwide since late 2003. No South Koreans have contracted the disease.

Experts fear the virus, which is usually spread directly from birds to humans, could mutate into a form easily transmissible between people and spark a global pandemic.

- AFP/so

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HenryN · Apr 7, 2008

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HenryN · Apr 7, 2008

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(2nd LD) Gov't confirms virulent bird flu strain killed ducks in Jeongeup

SEOUL, April 7 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government said Monday that a virulent bird flu strain caused the death of ducks at a farm in Jeongeup in the southwestern part of the country.

The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said detailed tests conducted on ducks from the farm 268 kilometers south of Seoul confirmed the existence of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza that has affected humans in the past.

It said that in accordance with standing emergency procedures all birds at the family-run farm have been culled and buried along with meat and ducks from 30,000 birds held at a butchering facility in Naju, 60 kilometers south of Jeongeup.

"The incident in Jeongeup is a source of concern because the owner did not report the outbreak until 6,500 birds were sent to the Naju butchering facility," said Kim Chang-seob, chief veterinary officer at the ministry.

He said because of risks of contamination, the Naju butchering facility has been closed and the use of the five trucks used to transport birds has been halted.

"All 13 poultry farms visited by the trucks and farms within a one kilometer radius of roads used by these vehicles have been put under close observation with blood samples taken to check for infection," the official said.

This is the second confirmed outbreak of the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu this year. The first confirmed report was on the egg farm in Gimje, which is about 27 kilometers north of Jeongeup.

The ministry, meanwhile, said it is investigating a report from a poultry farm in Gobu where ducks been reported dying since Saturday.

This farm, located just 4.5 kilometers away from a duck farm in Jeongeup has been rearing 18,000 birds, it added.

The central government has sent 10 billion won (US$10.2 million) to regional administrators to compensate farmers, with payment to be given for both birds and eggs that have been destroyed.

The case in Gobu brought the number of farms, which have confirmed or suspected outbreaks of bird flu, to four so far this year. The four, including those in Gimje, Jeongeup and Sunchang, are all in North Jeolla province in the country's southwest. Tests on the Sunchang duck farm, located 30 kilometers southeast of Jeongeup, are underway with the results expected later this week.

A report filed by the owner of a chicken farm near Gimje on Sunday indicates that sickness at the farm resulted form the newcastle disease virus and not from avian influenza.

South Korea was hit by bird flu in the winters of 2003-2004 and 2006-2007, resulting in considerable loss of property and a sudden drop in demand for poultry.

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Treyfish · Apr 7, 2008

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Authorities Should Go All-Out to Prevent Further Spread

Public concerns are growing over the spread of avian influenza in South Korea. Quarantine authorities are on alert as the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries confirmed Monday that the virulent bird flu virus, or H5N1, killed ducks at a farm in Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province. The ministry said 6,500 ducks at the family-run farm, 268 kilometers south of Seoul, were culled and buried over the weekend.

The case is the second confirmed outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu this year. The first case was reported at an egg farm in Gimje, 27 km north of Jeongeup, April 1. Quarantine officials slaughtered about 300,000 chickens within a 500-meter radius of the affected farm to prevent the spread of the highly contagious virus that could be transmitted to humans.

Despite tight quarantine measures, the avian influenza shows signs of spreading further to nearby areas. The outbreaks came 13 months after the virulent bird flu virus was last reported in the country in March 2007. What's worrisome is that these latest cases have occurred in April. The H5N1 strain usually appears during the time of migratory birds' movement in winter.

It is crucial to accurately pinpoint how the chickens and ducks came down with bird flu so that the government can prevent any recurrence. Quarantine officials are checking the health of 11 migrant workers from Mongolia, China and Vietnam who were working at the Gimje poultry farm. However, it is somewhat worrisome that the authorities are still having difficulty identifying the cause of infection.

What the government should also do is to help minimize the threat to poultry farmers by making an all-out effort to deal with the disease. The farmers have already begun to feel the pain of soaring feed prices amid runaway inflation in the prices of grain and animal feed around the world. Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong have decided to ban imports of fresh chicken from South Korea following the bird flu outbreaks.

Government officials must not forget that a consumer scare regarding the influenza triggered a plunge in chicken sales in 2003, driving poultry farmers and chicken meat processors out of business. The authorities ought to check the potential fallout of bird flu, especially when the economy shows signs of a slowdown. No one knows whether the unpredictable consequences of the avian influenza might worsen the risk of ``agflation.''

Last but not least, the authorities should do their best to prevent bird flu from finding its way to humans. According to international statistics, 258 people have so far been infected with avian influenza in 10 developing countries. Should such a case appear here it would no doubt tarnish the image of the nation and bring irrevocable damage to all sectors of society ― not only as regards health but also food safety, business, foreign trade and the economy as a whole. :tiphat:

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HenryN · Apr 7, 2008

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South Korea confirms new bird flu outbreak
07 Apr 2008 12:09:07 GMT
Source: Reuters

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SEOUL, April 7 (Reuters) - South Korea on Monday confirmed a new outbreak of bird flu at a duck farm in the southwest and said it was investigating two other possible cases days after reporting an outbreak at a nearby chicken farm.
Quarantine workers had started culling 6,500 ducks at the Jeongeup farm, where 6,000 poultry have died since last week, and destroyed thousands of birds which had already been sent elsewhere, the Farm Ministry said.
They were also investigating two nearby duck farms where hundreds of birds had died over the weekend.
The area is only 27 km (17 miles) from the chicken farm in Gimje, about 215 km south of Seoul, which reported the country's first outbreak of H5N1 in 13 months.
The farm ministry banned distribution of 3.6 million birds within a 10 km radius of the Gimje site. It also ordered the destruction of eggs distributed from the area.
Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety suspended all poultry products from South Korea on Monday evening after its announcement of the new bird flu outbreak.
South Korea had seven outbreaks of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu between November 2006 and March 2007 and has spent 58 billion won ($59 million) on quarantine measures.
Bird flu has killed 238 people globally since 2003, according to the World Health Organisation. The big concern is that it could mutate into a disease that easily passes from one person to another, triggering a deadly global pandemic. (Reporting by Miyoung Kim in Seoul and Tan Ee Lyn in Hong Kong; Editing by Valerie Lee)

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T135304.htm

Treyfish · Apr 7, 2008

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Hong Kong suspended the import of poultry meat for South Korea Hong Kong on April 7, the Hong Kong SAR Government food safety center on the 7th South Korea announced a moratorium on poultry meat and poultry meat products import applications.
CFS spokesman said that this decision was taken based on North-South Korea confirmed the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu cases. CFS has already avian flu cases to contact with South Korean parties to obtain more information.It is understood that since January last year to January this year, Hong Kong's imports from South Korea about 24 tons of frozen poultry products. :tiphat: http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?h...ttp://news.sohu.com/20080407/n256147089.shtml

HenryN · Apr 7, 2008

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http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/reports/en_fup_0000006943_20080407_151920.pdf

Follow-up report No.: 2
Report reference: , OIE Ref: 6943, Report Date: 07/04/2008, Country: Korea (Rep. of)
Report Summary
Disease

Highly pathogenic avian influenza Animal type Terrestrial

Causal Agent

Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus Serotype(s) H5N1

Clinical Signs

Yes Reason Reoccurrence of a listed disease

Date of first confirmation of the event

03/04/2008 Date of Start of Event 01/04/2008

Date of report

07/04/2008 Date Submitted To OIE 07/04/2008

Diagnosis

Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced) Date Of Last Occurrence 06/03/2007

Number Of Reported Outbreaks

Submitted= 2, Draft= 0 Name of Sender of the report Dr Chang-Seob Kim

Address

#1, Joongang-Dong Gwacheon-city Position Director, Animal Health Division

Telephone

82-2 500 1932 Fax 82-2 504 0908

Email

cvo@maf.go.kr Entered by Dr Chang-Seob Kim

Outbreak (other report - submitted)
CHOLLA-BUKDO Yongji-myun Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End

CHOLLA-BUKDO Yongji-myun Farm Kimje 35,4948 126,5912 01/04/2008

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered

Birds Animals 150570 2380 2380 148190 0

Affected Population

a layer chicken farm

Outbreak (this report - submitted)
CHOLLA-BUKDO Jeongeup Unit Type Location Latitude Longitude Start End

CHOLLA-BUKDO Jeongeup Farm Youngwon-myun 35,3922 126,4529 03/04/2008

Species Measuring units Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered

Birds Animals 12500 6000 6000 6500 ...

Affected Population

a duck raising farm

Outbreak summary: Total outbreaks = 2 (Submitted)
Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Destroyed Slaughtered

Birds 163070 8380 8380 154690 0

Epidemiology
Epidemiological comments

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Outbreak in Kimje
The chickens and eggs in the infected farm and in the 500-metres-radius zone around it were destroyed on 5 April 2008.
The epidemiological investigation by the central team has continued.
Outbreak in Youngwon-myun
In a preliminary test, viral RNA for avian influenza subtype H5 was detected and finally, on 7 April, using RT-PCR, the virus was proved to be highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H5N1. As precautious measure, the remaining ducks in the affected farm were culled on 5 April 2008.
Movement restrictions are being applied since 5 April in the surveillance zone, which is a 10-km-radius area around the affected farm.
The epidemiological investigation by the central team is on-going.

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection

? Unknown or inconclusive

Control Measures

? Stamping out
? Quarantine

Applied

? Movement control inside the country
? Screening
? Zoning
? Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)

To be applied

? No Planned Control Measures

Animals treated

No

Vaccination Prohibited

Yes

Country / Zone
Country or zone

a zone or compartment

Diagnostic test results
Laboratory Type Name of Laboratory Species Test Type Date Results Provided Result

National laboratory National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service Birds reverse transcription ? polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) 07/04/2008 Positive
National laboratory National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service Birds reverse transcription ? polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) 05/04/2008 Positive

Future Reporting
What further reports will be submitted in relation to this event?

There are 2outbreaks that are still recorded as unresolved. It is not possible to declare this event resolved until these individual outbreaks are resolved.
Follow-up report No.: 2. Report reference: , OIE Ref: 6943, Report Date: 07/04/2008, Country: Korea (Rep. of)

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