South Korea - H7N7 found in bird droppings in Yeingcheon - September 27, 2017

[sharon sanders]

(2nd LD) S. Korea steps up bird flu quarantine measures

2017/09/27 10:08​

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in para 4)

SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will step up quarantine measures against bird flu ahead of the long holiday as a suspected case was reported in the country's southern region, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Wednesday.

The ministry said an H7N7 strain of avian influenza (AI) was found in wild bird droppings that were collected in Yeongcheon, 344 kilometers southeast of Seoul on Sept. 13.

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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/sear...70927003452320

 

[sharon sanders]

Government report:

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Detailed inspection of Yeoncheon wild bird feces in Gyeongbuk province revealed that the disease was released according to the diagnosis of low-pathogenic AI (H7N7 type) [TR]
Registration date [TD="class: news_date"]2017-09-28 10:10:00[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 2"]The Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock and Livestock Food and Beverage (minister Kim Young-rok) said that the Environmental Science Institute conducted a detailed inspection on the AI ​​that was found in the feces of wild birds in the village of Yeongcheon in Gyeongbuk Province on September 25, and the result was H7N7, And that the area that was set for the area was released.
However, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock and Livestock and Livestock Food and Livestock has urged the poultry farmers nationwide to thoroughly prevent AI from taking into account the time of migratory birds movement and the special prevention period ('17 .10.1 ~ '18 .5.31) It plans to strengthen the forecast for wild birds.

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