Gochang-gun Conducts Mass Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Antibody Testing Until the 31st

[Gochang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil] Jeonbuk Gochang-gun announced on the 8th that it will conduct a mass foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine antibody test on all specialized cattle farms (287 households / 37,358 heads) in the area until the 31st to prevent the occurrence and inflow of FMD.

This is to confirm the formation of vaccine antibodies and to enhance immunity against FMD.

Specialized Hanwoo and dairy cattle farms that have not undergone vaccine antibody testing in the first half of the year are subject to this mass inspection.

Sample collection will be carried out by the county's public veterinarians, and antibody testing will be jointly conducted by the Animal Hygiene Testing Laboratory.

Samples will be collected by drawing blood from 5 cattle per farm, and farms with low antibody positivity rates based on test results will undergo retesting. If the legal standard (80%) is not met, administrative measures such as fines and special management as key management farms will be enforced.

A county official said, "The mass inspection is to check whether mass vaccination was carried out in the first half of the year and to maximize FMD immunity through proper vaccination," adding, "We ask livestock farmers to cooperate with voluntary blocking quarantine measures, including thorough disinfection inside and outside the barns, as well as vaccination."

Gochang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil baekok@asiae.co.kr

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