Gyeongbuk Sangju City, Second Case of Highly Pathogenic AI Detected in 15 Days... Found in Slaughterhouse Chickens

Sangju Dogyejang Poultry 87,000 Birds Culled... 37,000 Birds Within 3km of Gumi Farm Also Culled

On December 2nd, highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) was confirmed at a laying hen farm in Gongseong-myeon, Sangju-si, Gyeongbuk Province, and access to the farm was restricted on the same day.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] The H5 subtype avian influenza antigen detected in poultry shipped from a slaughterhouse in Sangju-si, Gyeongbuk, has been confirmed as highly pathogenic AI.

Two weeks after the outbreak of highly pathogenic AI at a laying farm in Gongsung-myeon, Sangju-si on the 2nd, another highly pathogenic AI outbreak has occurred, raising concerns about further spread.

According to Gyeongbuk Province on the 15th, a rapid test was conducted the day before at a slaughterhouse in Sangju-si before shipping to a broiler farm in Seonsan-eup, Gumi-si, which tested positive for AI. The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency conducted a detailed examination and confirmed it as H5N8 highly pathogenic AI.

Accordingly, Gyeongbuk Province closed the slaughterhouse and culled 80,700 chickens that were being held. The chicken meat that had been slaughtered and stored will also be completely discarded.

In addition, 37,000 chickens from two poultry farms within 3 km of the broiler farm in Gumi-si that shipped the chickens were preemptively culled, and movement restrictions were imposed for 30 days on 662,000 poultry at 11 farms within a 10 km quarantine zone.

Kim Jong-su, Director of the Agriculture, Livestock and Distribution Bureau of Gyeongbuk Province, urged, "Even a moment of negligence can create gaps in livestock quarantine. Poultry farms should conduct thorough daily surveillance of their livestock and immediately report any unusual signs to quarantine authorities."

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