Jindo-gun, Preemptive Quarantine to Block Highly Pathogenic AI

3 Consecutive Years of Maintaining AI-Free Zones with Intensive Quarantine Measures

Emergency Quarantine Funds Deployed, Drone Control in Wild Migratory Bird Habitats

Jindo County has launched preemptive quarantine measures to block highly pathogenic AI. (Photo by Jindo County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Jindo County has launched proactive, customized quarantine measures to maintain its status as an avian influenza (AI) clean area for the third consecutive year.

According to Jindo County on the 16th, AI viruses were recently detected in wild bird droppings in the Gyeonggi and Chungnam regions, and with a sharp increase in highly pathogenic AI outbreaks in Europe and neighboring countries, the risk of occurrence this winter is expected to be high.

One control and base disinfection facility has been installed and operates 24 hours a day without holidays, disinfecting all vehicles before entering poultry farms.

Additionally, quarantine vehicles are intensively disinfecting the surroundings and access roads of 15 poultry farms under focused management daily, further strengthening AI blocking quarantine measures.

Jindo County has been intensively managing all poultry farms through a dedicated public official system for poultry farms, operation of quarantine management by day, daily phone surveillance once a day, and on-site inspections, maintaining a clean area where avian influenza (AI) has not occurred for the past three years through systematic blocking quarantine activities.

In particular, drone aerial disinfection is planned to be conducted once a week from mid-November on major freshwater lakes and small streams totaling 29 km, including Gunnae Lake, Dunjeon Lake, Jindo Stream, and Sopoman, where migratory birds mainly appear.

About 200 million KRW of customized emergency quarantine funds will be invested to support poultry farms with slaked lime, disinfectants, immune enhancers, and other supplies.

A Jindo County Jindo Dog Livestock Division official said, “We will do our best to prevent the introduction of diseases in the area through thorough blocking quarantine such as disinfecting inside and outside farms, disinfecting incoming vehicles, and prohibiting access to migratory bird habitats,” adding, “Active cooperation from livestock farmers and civilians is necessary to block the virus.”

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