Avian Influenza Antigen Detected in Cheonan, Chungnam... "High Pathogenicity Under Investigation"

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[Asia Economy (Hongseong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] H5 subtype avian influenza (AI) antigen was detected in wild birds captured in Cheonan, Chungnam.

According to Chungnam Province on the 12th, among 18 mandarin ducks captured on the 10th in Yongjeong-ri (Bonggangcheon), Pungse-myeon, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan, AI antigen (H5 subtype) was detected in one bird.

The AI antigen is currently being tested by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency to determine if it is highly pathogenic, and the final results are expected within 1 to 3 days.

Following the detection of AI antigen in the area, provincial quarantine authorities have disseminated the detection status to city and county offices, poultry associations, and poultry farms, while designating an area within a 10 km radius of the detection site as a "wild waterfowl surveillance area" and implementing emergency quarantine measures.

Additionally, an initial response quarantine team has been deployed to the detection area to enforce access control, and disinfection will be intensified using water spraying trucks at the entrances to the detection site and nearby poultry farms.

If the detected AI antigen is confirmed to be highly pathogenic, movement restrictions, surveillance, and testing will be conducted on poultry farms within the quarantine zone.

Meanwhile, in October of last year, antibodies to highly pathogenic AI (H5N1 subtype) were detected in a mandarin duck captured in Gokgyocheon, Cheonan, Chungnam.

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