Boseong-gun Free of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Protecting Clean Area Through Mass Vaccination

Vaccination Period from the 14th of This Month to the 15th of Next Month

[Boseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Jeollanam-do Boseong-gun announced on the 11th that it will conduct the "2022 First Half Foot-and-Mouth Disease Mass Vaccination" for five weeks from the 14th of this month to the 15th of next month.

During this mass vaccination period, about 60,000 cloven-hoofed animals (cattle, pigs, goats, deer), including about 27,000 Korean native cattle (Hanwoo) and dairy cows, will receive foot-and-mouth disease preventive vaccinations.

Boseong-gun conducts occasional vaccinations every month and mass vaccinations twice a year.

Since observations began in 1934, it has maintained a clean area where foot-and-mouth disease has never occurred even once.

Foot-and-mouth disease vaccinations are carried out as self-vaccinations administered directly by livestock owners, and six public veterinarians support vaccination procedures for small-scale farms where self-vaccination is difficult.

A total project cost of about 380 million won will be invested in this mass vaccination, and 100% of the costs for foot-and-mouth disease vaccines and vaccine stress relief agents will be supported.

A Boseong-gun official said, "We will devote all our efforts to preventive vaccination and blocking quarantine to establish a solid quarantine system so that disaster-type livestock infectious diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease and African swine fever have no chance to take hold," and urged livestock farmers to "thoroughly carry out foot-and-mouth disease vaccinations and disinfect farms and livestock barns to maintain the reputation of a livestock infectious disease clean area," requesting active cooperation from livestock farmers.

Meanwhile, to comply with quarantine rules such as social distancing due to the occurrence of COVID-19, Boseong-gun is encouraging vaccinations through non-face-to-face methods such as banners and village broadcasts, and livestock organizations such as Boseong Livestock Cooperative and Hanwoo Association are also participating in promoting mass vaccinations to member farms via SNS and text messages.

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