Monday, March 12, 2012

South Korea Report Suspected Cases of Bird Flu

Monday, March 12, 2012 12:33 PM
WartaNews-Seoul - Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Fisheries and Food, South Korea, Monday (12/3) to report suspected cases of bird flu outbreak that first, in nearly 10 months.
The source of infection comes from a poultry farm in the province of Chungcheongnam do, which was found about a hundred of the 450 chickens at the site was found to have contracted the dangerous symptoms of the disease.
South Korea's Agriculture Ministry spokesman said it then took 40 samples of dead chickens were to be investigated.

"We conducted a large-scale testing, the results will be known tonight," the spokesman said.
Testing must indicate the type and level of virus pathogenicity.If the virus turns out it has a kind of Virulence H-5 and H-7 high-level, it will be done in-depth study.
The ministry added that if the test results are not favorable, then the authorities are forced to place restrictions on the movement of all poultry in the region.

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