Gyeongsangnam-do, Summer Livestock Disease Control and Livestock Product Safety Management Promotion

Free Summer Mobile Medical Services and Burial Site Management for Disease Prevention

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] Gyeongsangnam-do will promote livestock quarantine and livestock product safety management from June 1 to the end of August during the summer season.

According to the Korea Meteorological Administration's forecast, this summer is expected to have a high risk of livestock infectious diseases due to hot and humid weather conditions.

Accordingly, livestock farmers have periodically disinfected inside and outside the barns and completed preventive vaccinations against mosquito-borne livestock infectious diseases in advance.

In addition, to manage burial sites during rainy weather, drainage channels around burial sites are maintained before the monsoon season, and insecticides are sprayed around burial sites near barns to manage them.

If livestock become sick or die, a dedicated livestock disease reporting center for livestock farmers operates to enable prompt animal disease diagnosis or detailed examination.

Free mobile veterinary services are promoted for areas where it is difficult to receive livestock medical services and for small-scale farms.

From June, the livestock medical team visits the respective villages to treat sick livestock free of charge and provides livestock medicines if necessary, along with consulting on livestock disease management for farmers.

To ensure the safety management of livestock products during the summer, from June 7 for three weeks, inspections on 'summer livestock product hygiene vulnerable areas' will be conducted on 450 sites including livestock product manufacturers, storage, and sales businesses.

During hygiene inspections of business sites, COVID-19 quarantine rule compliance checks will also be conducted simultaneously. Inspectors plan to conduct non-contact inspections with business operators as much as possible and wear essential protective equipment such as masks during inspections.

Minor violations found during inspections will be corrected on-site, while violations posing high risks to public health will be strictly subject to legal action.

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