All Surrounding Farms Test Negative After High Pathogenic AI Detected in Buan

[Jeonju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho] Jeonbuk Province announced on the 5th that the results of an emergency full inspection of 65 poultry farms within a 10 km radius near Gobucheon in Buan, where highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) was confirmed in wild birds on the 3rd, were all negative.

The farms, including 49 chicken farms, 15 duck farms, and 1 quail farm, are restricted from movement for three weeks from the date of sample collection, and quarantine authorities are checking daily by phone for any abnormalities in the chickens and ducks being raised.

A provincial official stated, “Poultry farms should avoid access to migratory bird habitats, reservoirs, and farmland where the risk of avian influenza virus contamination is high, apply slaked lime around the farm, change boots and disinfect hands when entering the barn, and disinfect the inside and outside of the barn daily to practice biosecurity measures,” and requested, “Please report immediately to the quarantine authorities if any abnormalities are found in the poultry being raised.”

Jeonju=Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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