Sancheong-gun Appoints Six Public Veterinarians in 2022 to Promote Livestock Quarantine Work

African Swine Fever, Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, etc.

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 5th that it has appointed six local veterinarians as the ‘2022 Sancheong-gun Public Veterinarians’ to proactively prevent livestock infectious diseases.

The appointment of public veterinarians aims to smoothly promote livestock quarantine projects and effectively block the regional inflow of African Swine Fever (ASF), Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), and other diseases.

The county appointed six practicing veterinarians in the region, including veterinarian Kang Geon-ho, as public veterinarians.

They will perform overall livestock quarantine duties for one year. Their responsibilities include medical treatment and disease surveillance for livestock throughout Sancheong-gun, vaccination, blood sampling for infectious disease serological tests, and quarantine guidance such as AI diagnostic kit testing for poultry farms.

A county official stated, “As the frequency of livestock infectious diseases such as ASF, FMD, and HPAI continues to increase, we aim to establish a field-centered quarantine system through the appointment and operation of public veterinarians,” and added, “We ask local livestock farmers to actively cooperate in disease prevention and quarantine activities.”

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