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

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S Korea reports outbreak of virulent bird flu strain
Monday 07th April, 11:30 PM JST

SEOUL ?
South Korea announced Monday an outbreak of a virulent bird flu strain, the second this year, according to Yonhap News Agency.

Tests into the deaths of ducks at a farm in Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province, confirmed the existence of the often deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza, Yonhap said, citing the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/s-k

 

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[OIE, Follow-up Report no. 2 - HPAI H5N1 in South Korea]

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Korea (Rep. of)

Information received on 07/04/2008 from Dr Chang-Seob Kim, Director, Animal Health Division, Livestock Bureau , Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), Gwacheon-city, Korea (Rep. of)

? Summary
Report type Follow-up report No. 2
Start date 01/04/2008
Date of first confirmation of the event 03/04/2008
Report date 07/04/2008
Date submitted to OIE 07/04/2008
Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence 06/03/2007
Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus Serotype H5N1
Nature of diagnosis Laboratory (basic), Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country
Related reports Immediate notification (02/04/2008)
Follow-up report No. 1 (04/04/2008)
Follow-up report No. 2 (07/04/2008)

? New outbreaks
* Outbreak 1 - Youngwon-myun, Jeongeup, CHOLLA-BUKDO
Date of start of the outbreak 03/04/2008
Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit Farm
Affected animals: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered
* Birds - 12500 - 6000 - 6000 - 6500 - NA
Affected population a duck raising farm

? Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 1
Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible animals lost*
* Birds - 48.00% - 48.00% - 100.00% **
* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter
** Total contains unknown quantity

? Epidemiology
Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection Unknown or inconclusive

? Epidemiological comments
- 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.

? Control measures
Measures applied Stamping out
Quarantine
Movement control inside the country
Screening
Zoning
Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
Vaccination prohibited
No treatment of affected animals

Measures to be applied No other measures

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http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=6943
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Updated map

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...6391,127.132995&spn=3.922557,5.053711&t=h&z=7

 

[Shiloh]

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Source: http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2888354

Prepare for the worst
April 08, 2008
After the outbreak of bird flu was discovered in Gimje, North Jeolla, another was reported in Jeongeup, in the same province, raising concerns that the disease is spreading across the country.
Officials in Gimje delayed reporting its mass poultry cull, while epidemic prevention units in North Jeolla wasted time responding to the alert. The unit spent more than a half a day before it reported the case to higher authorities.
But the Agriculture Ministry was the main cause of the delays. The ministry lifted its ??special epidemic preventive period?? in late February, saying epidemics were unlikely to appear in spring. But memories of the avian flu outbreak in Cheonan last March are still fresh in people??s minds.
Two years ago the whole country was rocked by reports of bird flu here, but preventive measures have hardly changed.
A report on the government??s management of bird flu infections among humans, which was produced by the government??s internal audit board, claims that the Korean government has established only an elementary level prevention plan.
This plan was based on guidelines from the World Health Organization.
In addition, there is no detailed guideline on how to treat possible patients.
In any case, an elementary-level preventive plan hasn??t been established anywhere in Korea.
In truth, bird flu poses little danger to humans, as long as poultry is cooked thoroughly before eating.
But we should be cautious since researchers have not grasped fully how the disease spreads.
Fortunately, no one in Korea has caught bird flu, but it has killed 238 people around the world since 2003. That figure represents 63 percent of the total number of people infected by the disease. This is an alarmingly high death rate.
The best policy on food safety is prevention. After all, there is no guarantee that Korea will remain a safe haven from human infections in the future.
The government should start establishing preventive medical systems in line with international guidelines. It should strengthen its overall medical systems to help contain any outbreaks that may occur.
Above all, it has to ensure sanitation safety for those who take part in the containment operations.

 

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[Indonesian news site]

Bird flu Again Attack
Selasa, 08/04/2008

South Korean Prime Minister (South Korea) Han Seung-soo asked the handling of the incentive to stop the spreading of the bird flu virus.
The statement was dismissed by Han related spread him the case of bird flu that his two times struck Korsel.Han hoped that the related service immediately compiled the step for pressed spread him the bird flu to the other area.
The official of local animal quarantine reported, the cause virus of bird flu H5N1 was estimated came from Jeongeup, 250 km south Seoul.
This report was made by being based on the discovery of the poultry that died suddenly in the place.
Prevention efforts of the spreading were carried out by killing all the available poultries in the area, afterwards buried him.
The step that was taken by the next one was the banning pemeli-haraan the poultry in a radius of 10 km.
In the meantime, South Korean Agriculture Minister also ordered the extermination against tens of thousands of tails of poultry meat that was sent to the animal abattoir in Naju,60 km north Jeongeup.

"Insiden in Jeongeup became the source of our attention because the owner of livestock breeding there did not report 6,500 tails of the poultry that terjangkit the virus.
This poultry was sent to the meat abattoir in Naju," revealed Section Head Kesehatan of the Livestock of Kim Chang-seob.
For the time being, the animal abattoir was closed and five transport vehicles were quarantined.
Kim said, totalling 13 poultry livestock breedings that were approached by the truck of the poultry carrier and animal husbandry in radius 1 km from road that passed this truck in the supervision.
The example of blood that was taken from spilled/splattered that stuck to the vehicle was stated positive was infected H5N1.

http://www.seputar-indonesia.com/edisicetak/international/flu-burung-kembali-menyerang.html

 

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Source: http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=040000&biid=2008040808038

Virulent Bird Flu Strain Confirmed in Jeongeup

APRIL 08, 2008 06:26


Highly pathogenic avian influenza is confirmed to have broken out in the southwestern city of Jeongeup, the second after one on a chicken farm in Gimje, North Jeolla Province.

The Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry announced Monday that the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus killed ducks on a farm in the town of Yeongwon near Jeongeup as reported Thursday.

The number of poultry farms with or suspected of having bird flu has increased to four after the first outbreak was confirmed in a chicken farm in the town of Yeongji last week.

Quarantine authorities of North Jeolla Province examined a duck farm in the town of Gobu, where 700 of the bird died Saturday. They suspect the possibility of a H5N1 outbreak.

The farm is only 4.5 kilometers away from where the virus was first detected. Bird flu symptoms such as bleeding in the kidney were found among ducks in the first autopsy.

Health authorities prohibited 18,000 ducks from the Gobu farm from being carried out and are considering culling them.

Fine Korea, a duck butchery in Naju, South Jeolla Province, has culled 6,520 ducks from Yeongwon. The company has been ordered to bury 30,000 out of 90,000 slaughtered over the past two to five days, including the ducks it culled.

Sixty-thousand of the dead ducks are being collected as they are already on the market.

Kim Chang-seop, the ministry?s director for animal disease prevention, said, ?Though ducks on the market are not directly related to avian influenza, we are collecting them because they might have been contaminated by the butchery machine. Even if they were contaminated, their meat is safe.?

 

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Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04060803/H5N1_Korea_Ducks_2.html

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Likely H5N1 Spread to Second South Korean Duck Farm

Recombinomics Commentary 15:55
April 5, 2008

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.

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.

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 above comments describe the likely spread of H5N1 to another duck farm in South Korea (see satellite map). Ducks and other waterfowl usually have resistance to H5N1 and are not fatally infected. The Qinghai strain does produce an unusually high fatality rate in waterfowl, but frequently produces asymptomatic infections. The death of 500 ducks is highly suggestive of H5N1. The rate was closer to 50% for the other duck farm, but the fatality rate can vary widely, although rates can approach 100% domestic chickens.

These three outbreaks lie on a migratory bird pathway as seen by signals from whooper swans migrating between Mongolia and South Korea. In late 2006 H5N1 was widespread in this region, and recently released sequences clear demonstrated the Uvs Lake strain of H5N1 which evolved in Mongolia in the summer of 2006. The Uvs Lake H5N1 was isolated from domestic poultry as well as feces collected at sites frequented by migratory birds.

The new infections, which correspond in time and space with migration of birds back to Mongolia is not unexpected.


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Commentary

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04070801/H5N1_Korea_Farms_4.html

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Likely H5N1 Spread to Fourth South Korean Farm

Recombinomics Commentary 07:21
April 7, 2008

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.

The above comments describe the likely spread of H5N1 to a fourth farm in South Korea (see satellite map). H5N1 has been confirmed at the chicken farm in Kimje, as described in the OIE report. It has also been confirmed at the duck farm in Jeongeup, which is 3 km from the chicken farm described above. H5N1 is also suspect at a duck farm in Sunchang, where the mortality rate is lower than the first duck farm, but ducks are usually resistant to H5N1, so the death of 500 ducks on a farm of 10,000 would not exclude H5N1.

The death of ducks on two farms suggests the H5N1 is the Uvs Lake version of the Qinghai strain, which was detected in the same area in late 2006. Similarly, this same area reported H5N1 infections in late 2003. That H5N1 was a precursor for the Qinghai strain.

Thus, the outbreaks in late 2003, late 2006, and the current outbreak were all reported in the same region, which lies on a migratory bird flyway that connects South Korea to Mongolia. It is likely that the current outbreak will also be linked to migratory birds returning to Mongolia and carrying the latest version of the Uvs Lake strain of H5N1.


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[Shiloh]

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Source: http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200804/200804080019.html

Editorials
Updated Apr.8,2008 09:34 KST

Learn From Mistakes Over Bird Flu

The spread of bird flu appears to be growing more serious. After the first case was reported in Gimje, North Jeolla Province on April 1, there have been back-to-back reports of the virus in neighboring areas. On Thursday, a farm in Yeongwon township in Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province reported an outbreak of the virus, followed by another one in Sunchang in the same province on Saturday. On Sunday, Gobu township, also in Jeongeup, reported an outbreak, and on Monday, it was a duck farm in Gimje. There are now concerns that the virus may have spread to other regions after it was confirmed that five trucks carrying ducks from the farm in Yeongwon traveled to 13 other farms in both North and South Jeolla Province.

Bird flu can lead to tremendous damage if it is not contained during the initial stage. When there was an outbreak during 2003 and 2004, 5.2 million chicken had to be culled. It was five days after an entire chicken farm was wiped out in North Chungcheong Province that the first report of suspected bird flu was filed to health officials. And it took another five days until lab tests came out positive. This time, chickens were wiped out at the poultry farm in Gimje on March 27, and the first report was filed five days later. In Jongeup, the first report was filed three days after ducks were wiped out at the farm. And it wasn?t until a week after poultry at both farms were dead that final test results showed they were the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu. This makes it difficult to contain the infection at an early stage.

The Jeonbuk Veterinary Service, which received the report from the duck farm in Jeongeup last Thursday, asked the National Veterinary Research Quarantine Service for a thorough examination. But the veterinary service did not even bother to notify the government of North Jeolla Province, which is responsible for disinfection and quarantine procedures. North Jeolla Province began quarantine and disinfection at the suspected farms Friday night, after hearing the announcement from the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. How can bird flu be prevented from spreading when authorities are unable to coordinate anything?

What?s most important is to create a culture where the detection of suspicious cases of bird flu is reported immediately to health officials. For that to happen, farmers must be assured that they will be fully compensated for any culled poultry. Health officials and farmers must cooperate closely, so there is no repeat of the disaster of 2003 and 2004.

Even chicken and ducks infected with bird flu cannot harm humans if their meat is cooked properly. The government must thoroughly inform the public about this fact so that consumers do not panic.

 

[Giuseppe]

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(LEAD) Lee calls for efforts to stem spread of bird flu
By Yoo Cheong-mo
SEOUL, April 8 (Yonhap) --

President Lee Myung-bak Tuesday called for concerted national efforts to stem the spread of avian influenza (AI) that broke out in the southwestern Jeolla provinces last week.

Lee made the remark while visiting poultry farms in North Jeolla province, which have been battered by the outbreak and spread of the deadly virus since last week.

Lee traveled to Jeongeup, about 250 kilometers south of Seoul, by train before hearing briefings from provincial officials and looking around AI-infected poultry farms and quarantine outposts.

The South Korean government has reported four outbreaks of suspected and confirmed AI cases, confirming that the mass deaths of ducks at a Jeongeup duck farm were caused by the H5N1 strain of avian influenza that has affected humans in the past.

"The government has to take fundamental measures to prevent AI from breaking out in Korea annually. The agriculture ministry has to conduct a thorough study to look into the cause of the disease," said Lee.

"It is nonetheless fortunate that no cases of human contamination have yet been reported."

According to a presidential aide, Lee also instructed the provincial officials to take thorough quarantine measures to prevent the further spread of the disease.

"Lee personally decided to make a trip to the AI-infected areas, amid signs of the avian disease spreading to other parts of the country," said the aide.
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Motorcade, including President Lee Myung-bak?s car, is being sterilized Tuesday before entering Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province, where the fifth bird flu case was reported. President Lee made an unscheduled visit to the location as the epidemic continues to spread. / Korea Times</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
By Park Si-soo
Staff Reporter

Another possible bird flu case was reported Tuesday in Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province. Quarantine authorities dispatched officials to the scene to collect samples to gauge its virulence, according to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. This is the fifth avian influenza-suspected report this year. If authorities confirm this latest case was caused by H5N1 ― a strain of the virus that can also be deadly to humans, it would be the third bird-flu infection since the first bird-flu case reported on April 1 in Gimje, North Jeolla Province.

The ministry said it was investigating the poultry farm in question as its 430 ducks died together. This incident took place on a farm located only 2.7 kilometers away from the first outbreak.

As the epidemic spread, President Lee Myung-bak made an unscheduled visit to Jeongeup, Tuesday, asking quarantine officials to take comprehensive countermeasures to contain further spread. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security will provide an emergency subsidy of one billion won to the province.
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By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter

The government has confirmed the outbreak of a highly contagious avian influenza at farms in the southwestern region of the nation and concern over the safety of poultry products has been raised.

Experts say that it is safe to eat boiled chicken and duck as the virus cannot survive high temperatures. But they advises people to visit a public health center for a checkup if they have traveled to areas where some farms are contaminated by the bird flu inNorth Jeolla Province.

The following are answers to frequent questions regarding avian influenza.

Q: Is it safe to eat duck and chicken and their eggs?

A: With the outbreak of bird flu, the government culled all the chickens and ducks at farms in the areas contaminated by the virus, as well as their eggs. But it is possible that there are poultry products with the virus at stores that had been obtained from contaminated farms before the confirmation of the outbreak. But if they are cooked at temperatures of over 75 degrees for more than five minutes, it's safe as the virus cannot survive a high temperatures.

Q: Are humans at risk of contracting avian influenza?

A: There have been some cases where the avian influenza H5N1 strain infected humans. According to the World Health Organization, such cases have been reported in Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam. People contracted the virus after eating raw flesh of ducks or chickens. But no one in Korea has been reported to be infected with the virus.

Q: How does the virus spread and infect other creatures?

A: The virus mainly spreads through the excrement of migratory birds. It can also travel through air, dust and other moving objects such as cars and shoes.

Q: Is there any medicine for the disease?

A: There are 144 kinds of serum for avian influenza due to its various mutations. There are no cures or preventative medicines available at the moment.
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Arriving in Jeongeup by the KTX bullet train, Lee was briefed on the situation by local officials. The president called for thorough measures to stop the spread of the deadly virus. He then visited quarantine outposts and encouraged the workers.

Meanwhile, the government provided a billion won, or about a million dollars, to purchase disinfectant and other equipment to battle bird flu in the southwestern region.

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Bird flu scares in 2003 and 2006 resulted in sharp declines in chicken and egg sales in Korea. But the latest case of the lethal H5NI bird flu virus has so far had a lesser impact on poultry sales, as more consumers have been informed that fully-cooked meat poses no threat, industry officials said yesterday.
Officials at supermarket chains and fried chicken franchise stores said yesterday that the decrease in sales is not as steep as originally feared.
E-mart, the nation's largest retail outlet, reported a 10 percent decline in chicken sales for the four days after news broke of the latest bird flu case was reported on April 3. Egg sales also slipped by 5 percent during the same period, company officials said.
That is far lower than the 20-30 percent drop reported in the sales of poultry shortly after previous outbreaks.
"Sales of chickens and eggs plunged by up to 40 percent in 2003 and 2006, right after news of avian influenza cases. But this time the sales drop is not as big as we have worried as consumers seem to have learned from the past experiences," an industry source said. "But a prolonged situation could lead to a further dip in sales," the source said.
Homeplus, the No. 2 supermarket chain, also saw its chicken sales slide by 9.5 percent and egg sales by 2.7 percent during April 5-6 from a week ago.
Third-ranked Lotte mart also said chicken sales slumped by 10 percent, a figure far lower than an over-30 percent slump in 2003 and 2006.
Since April 3, the government has confirmed two cases of deadly H5NI bird flu strain in duck farms in southwestern North Jeolla Province and investigated two more reports for possible bird flu inflections.
Korea had 19 outbreaks of H5NI bird flu between 2003 and 2004 and seven cases of the highly virulent strain between 2006 and 2007. No case of humans contracting avian influenza has been found in Korea.
The past outbreaks dealt a serious blow to businesses as consumers shunned chickens and other poultry. But health officials have ensured the public that it is safe to eat fully cooked meat as the bird flu virus is killed by high temperatures.
The H5NI strain of bird flu has killed more than 230 people worldwide since late 2003, the World Health Organization said.
Fried chicken chains have so far also remained little affected by the latest outbreaks.
They experienced a slowdown in sales in recent days, but it is moderate considering that they raised prices of their products to offset higher commodity prices.
BBQ, the top fried chicken chain, saw a 5-7 percent decline in sales nationwide and a 10 percent dip in North Jeolla Province from a year ago.
Kyochon also saw a 5.5-6 percent decline, while Pelicana said there has been no change in sales since the outbreak.
By Jin Hyun-joo
(hjjin@heraldm.com)

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April 08, 2008​

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</TD></TR><TR><TD width=18></TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">A quarantine official sterilizes vehicles passing through the bird flu-infected area in Jeongeup, North Jeolla, yesterday. [YONHAP]</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Another suspected outbreak of avian influenza occurred yesterday in southwestern Korea, only 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) from the village of Yeongweon in Jeongeup, North Jeolla, where 12,500 ducks were slaughtered over the weekend, a government body said yesterday.
The latest case is the fourth suspected outbreak, the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced yesterday. A total of 700 ducks were culled in response.
The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service will conduct several tests to determine whether this avian influenza virus is the highly contagious strain, labeled H5N1, which could infect humans.
In the meantime, the government office confirmed yesterday that a virulent strain of bird flu that caused the death of 12,500 ducks at the Yeongweon farm over the weekend was identified as the H5N1 strain.
It is the second confirmed outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu since March 2007. The first confirmed outbreak, leading to the slaughtering of 308,000 chickens, was at a chicken farm in Gimje, about 27 kilometers from Jeongeup. The service will also confirm whether the third suspected outbreak of bird flu in Sunchang, 78 kilometers southeast of Jeongeup, was caused by the deadly virus.
With the spread of avian influenza, government authorities hope to relieve public concerns while they expand their disinfection operations in North Jeolla. They said that if people thoroughly cook chickens and ducks before eating them, they do not need to worry about infection.
In addition, the government recommended that people who visited poultry farms in both Gimje and Jeongeup undergo an examination to see whether they have been infected.
No humans have been affected by the deadly virus in Korea. The H5N1 strain has killed more than 230 people since late 2003, according to the World Health Organization.:tiphat: </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2888386

 

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According to the 8th Incheon, Incheon environment of the C Union Chairman, Mr. Kim (53) at 9:00 a.m. gajeongdong 71-197 Highway 40 West who are scattered seven byeoneseo crow found dead in that.
Kim "environmental surveillance activities for riding his bicycle Many of the objects are scattered reports that the black boatdeoni dead crows," he said.
Rip is one of the animals dead crows ate traces of the remaining six were discovered in the wound did not say much, Kim said.
He said it was immediately reported phrase from the body sugeohae crow researcher at the Incheon Health and Environment requested byeongseong feelings.
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Environmental Health Research Institute, one of the first autopsy, and his precise cause of death for investigation of the National Science geomyeokwon plans to send the body to crow.
Researchers said, "crows the smell of decomposing corpses in the past few days has been dead for me, as I estimated," "Through a precise investigation to determine the exact cause of death must be whether AI infection," he said. (Agencies)


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[FONT=&#47749]▲ avian influenza (AI) in the regional emergency defenses in the country.[/FONT] [FONT=&#47749]Gyeongbuk earlier Monday defenses livestock hygiene siheomso one of a team of seven poultry Gyeongbuk defenses sterilized jar.[/FONT] [FONT=&#47749]Hygiene to prevent infection, Dr. siheomso dojaecheol nongjangnae vehicle control and external to urge thorough disinfection and prevention of yellow sand inflow.[/FONT] </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>:tiphat: http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?h..._news/sub_news_view.php?news_id=15686&yy=2008

 

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Mr. Lee president, "the annual event, as it should, no AI"

정읍 발병현장 방문, 철저한 원인규명 지시​

Jeongeup outbreak visit the scene, ordered a thorough identify causes

작성 : 2008-04-08 오후 9:04:18 / 수정 : 2008-04-08 오후 9:13:25​

Writing: 9:04:18 PM 2008-04-08 / Edit: 9:13:25 PM 2008-04-08

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On March 8, President Lee Myung-bak gobyeongwonseong recent avian influenza (AI) occurred in the area visited jeongeup thorough measures to prevent a recurrence cause identify strongly with the instructions.
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The President said, "If you normally have in February AI temperature is raised over the activities of neglecting yechal geupsang seunghan after it occurred again, it might," lambasting officials said.
AI regarding "After two months here, but usually do not occur this year, the approval did not occur long, cold (April month)," he said, pointing to factors caused management to make sure.
Furthermore, "a common argument from Chonbuk National University for research on the plague of the foreign handaneunde common arguments people often die because of the plague. Yeonguda good," said AI mentioned as a precaution.
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Bird flu spreads in South Korea - agriculture ministry
04.09.08, 2:11 AM ET

SEOUL (Thomson Financial) - Bird flu outbreaks are spreading in South Korea despite mass culls and other efforts to contain the deadly virus, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday.
More suspected cases were reported at three duck farms in the southern county of Jeongeup, 250 kilometres (150 miles) south of Seoul, bringing to eight the number of confirmed or suspected outbreaks this month.
'Anti-epidemic measures were strengthened in Jeongeup,' where 150,000 ducks at nine farms were to be culled and buried starting Wednesday, the ministry said in a statement.
It also said an outbreak previously reported at a duck farm in Jeongeup was caused by the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus, the third such confirmation.
The ministry has also imposed restrictions on the movement of birds, people and vehicles in Jeongeup.
South Korea reported seven cases of H5N1 infection between November 2006 and March last year, resulting in the temporary suspension of poultry exports to Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and elsewhere.
But last June the World Organisation for Animal Health classified the country as free from avian influenza.
The H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed more than 230 people worldwide since late 2003. No South Koreans have contracted the virus.
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 deadly global pandemic.

http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/04/09/afx4869445.html

 

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South Korean quarantine authorities said Wednesday they have confirmed the fourth outbreak of bird flu in the the country this year.

The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said the "H5 type" of avian influenza was found at a duck farm in the Youngwon-myeon area of the city of Jeongeup. The city in North Jeolla Province is located 271 kilometers south of Seoul.

"More detailed tests have to be run, but judging by the number of sudden deaths, experts are certain the ducks died from the virulent strain," said a government official.

Quarantine authorities have already confirmed that the first reported outbreak at a chicken farm in Gimje, 27 kilometers north of Jeongeup, was caused by the highly contagiously H5N1 strain that has previously affected humans.

It also said Monday that bird flu was confirmed at another duck farm in Youngwon-myeon and at a poultry farm in nearby Gobu-myeon.

The areas of the two outbreaks in Youngwon are only 2.7 kilometers apart. The ministry added the second farm hit by bird flu in Youngwon is about 3 kilometers from the Gobu duck farm.

"As a precautionary measure, all of the poultry at the nine poultry farms located within 3 kilometers of the first outbreaks in Youngwon and Gobu have been culled and buried," said a local official. A total of 150,000 were culled, and quarantine officials are ready to cull more if necessary.

Under standing operational procedures, all movement of birds, people and vehicles are strictly controlled within a 10 kilometer radius of all outbreaks. The quarantine is usually maintained for three weeks, the maximum incubation period for bird flu.

Authorities are currently conducting tests taken on samples from 10 other poultry farms in North Jeolla Province to see if they have been affected by avian influenza.

The ministry, meanwhile, said it has culled a total of 524,00 birds so far and destroyed 23.3 million eggs. The losses are expected to total 7.5 billion won ($7.6 million).

South Korea has been hit twice before by the disease, once in the winter of 2003-2004 and once in 2006-2007, resulting in considerable loss of property and a sudden drop in demand for poultry.:tiphat:
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