South Korea bird flu outbreak killed more than 20,000 buried only free-range chicken

New Tang Dynasty TV www.ntdtv.com 2009-2-18 19:37


【New Tang Dynasty February 18, 2009讯】 (Central News Agency, Seoul, JIANG Yuan-zhen Mar on the 18th), South Jeolla Province in South Korea Suncheon, Goseong, three Boseong to keeping free-range chicken farms, one after another outbreak of low pathogenic H5 avian flu, epidemic prevention authorities immediately culled and buried more than 22,000 free-range chicken only. To prevent the spread of the epidemic has entered a state of emergency.

South Korea, "Joint Press News Agency," reported today that the South Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Food and is located in southwestern Korea Jeollanam-do (Province) revealed that the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service for the Abelian Shuntian, solid three Toki City, and Po and other cities The three chicken farms in the samples examined, confirmed are low pathogenic H5 avian influenza.

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of food sources said that the confirmation of avian influenza antibodies in individuals infected with avian flu, is a fight against the avian flu virus and the formation of an immune body, not because the bird flu virus into the chicken in vivo and lead to their死亡.


Reported that so far, although they are free-range chicken farms did not appear dead, but their excretion was detected in a low pathogenic avian influenza antibodies. In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic on the three farms more than 22,000 free-range chicken for only culled and buried.

In December last year, South Jeolla Province to the migratory birds rest - Hampyeong County Dadong droppings of migratory birds in the pond, were found to have low pathogenic avian influenza virus; in November last year in Hampyeong, and Po Naju city market to sell the ducks droppings found a low pathogenic avian influenza virus antibodies; in October last year in the Tung Wah Group of the Great Wall gun face, Hampyeong-gun Dorasan Crescent side of face and duck rearing farms, also occurred in the low pathogenic avian influenza.

South Jeolla Province said over the past Administration of low-pathogenic avian flu has not taken measures culled and buried, but in order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, this year decided to kill and bury.

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