Vice Minister of Agriculture Visits Yeongam to Inspect Livestock Epidemic Prevention Site

[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Kim Hyewon] Kim Jonghun, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, visited the situation room in Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do, and the Yeongam-gun base disinfection facility on the 30th to inspect the management status of quarantine for highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) and African swine fever livestock infectious diseases. Vice Minister Kim then visited Muan-gun to check the supply and demand situation of onions and encouraged on-site officials.

This quarantine management inspection was conducted in response to the serious situation where highly pathogenic AI continues to occur in various poultry species within Yeongam, and African swine fever in wild boars has broken out in Jeongseon and Yeongwol in Gangwon, and Boeun, Chungju, and Jecheon in Chungbuk.

Vice Minister Kim stated, "Highly pathogenic AI has occurred in Yeongam-gun, and there are large migratory bird habitats such as the Yeongsan River and Yeongam Lake, which pose many quarantine risk factors," urging strict compliance with quarantine rules and thorough implementation of blocking quarantine measures, including disinfection of roads around small streams, four-stage disinfection of farms, and closure of farm side entrances and livestock barn side doors where disinfection and quarantine facilities are lacking.

He added, "There must be vigilance that African swine fever can occur at any time in pig farms in the Jeonnam region, and it is necessary to promptly install enhanced quarantine facilities such as internal fences, anterooms, quarantine rooms, and loading/unloading platforms."

Vice Minister Kim held a meeting with local agricultural cooperative heads in Muan-gun, the largest onion production area, to discuss onion supply and demand and price stabilization, stating, "The government plans to actively implement measures to stabilize onion prices if necessary by conducting forecasts of onion cultivation area and production volume in cooperation with local governments."

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