South Korea-Bird Flu Virus in Yesan Proven Low Pathogenic

Update 2010-10-16 14:59:08

A test shows that the H7/N7 bird flu virus, which was found at a duck farm in Yesan, South Chungcheong Province on Friday, is low pathogenic. The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the provincial government said Saturday that the virus was found to be low pathogenic in a test conducted by National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service The South Chungcheong provincial government asked the state-run agency to conduct a test on the virus, which was found during a regular quarantine inspection of duck farms in the province on Friday afternoon. Three-thousand units of poultry raised at the affected farm were culled. Low pathogenic forms of avian influenza show no symptoms and pose no harm to poultry.