Gyeongnam Province Invests 67.1 Billion KRW to Prevent Livestock Infectious Diseases Including Highly Pathogenic AI Blockade

Confirmed 65 Projects in 5 Major Areas, Increased by 8.2 Billion KRW (14%) Compared to Last Year

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] Gyeongsangnam-do will invest a budget of 67.1 billion KRW this year to block the highly pathogenic AI occurring nationwide and to proactively respond to disaster livestock infectious diseases such as African Swine Fever (ASF).

The main projects include 65 projects in five major areas: management of zoonotic and other livestock diseases, support for foot-and-mouth disease and quarantine facilities, surveillance to prevent AI outbreaks, livestock disease diagnosis and inspection, and livestock product hygiene management such as farm HACCP.

A total of 18.2 billion KRW will be invested in 17 projects in the field of quarantine policy support, including support for preventive medicines and antiparasitic drugs (17 types), and blood sampling costs for bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis (145,000 heads).

In the field of establishing a livestock disease prevention system, 21.5 billion KRW is allocated for 16 projects such as foot-and-mouth disease vaccines and vaccination procedure costs support for full-time and small-scale farms (13,080,000 heads), and consulting for pig consumptive diseases (50 farms).

In the operation of livestock quarantine measures, including disease management for poultry farms (51 farms), and construction of quarantine infrastructure such as CCTV, GPS, and fences, 20.4 billion KRW will be invested in 11 projects.

For livestock product hygiene management, including farm and business HACCP consulting for livestock product safety management, labor costs for slaughter inspectors, refrigerated vehicle support for eggs, and promotion of livestock product exports, 3.4 billion KRW will be supported for 11 projects.

In particular, to strengthen on-site livestock quarantine, 3.5 billion KRW has been allocated to the Animal Hygiene Testing Laboratory for seven projects including foot-and-mouth disease and AI surveillance projects, farm inspections for bovine brucellosis and tuberculosis, African Swine Fever monitoring, and operation of AI, foot-and-mouth disease, ASF precision diagnostic institutions and quarantine assistants.

Lee Jeong-gon, Director of the Provincial Agricultural Policy Bureau, stated, “We will do our best to make Gyeongsangnam-do a clean No. 1 area where livestock infectious diseases such as AI never occur again, through the joint efforts of livestock farmers and administration.”

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