Yongin City to Operate Special Infectious Disease Prevention Measures Period Until February Next Year

Gyeonggi Yongin City has designated the period until February next year as a special quarantine period for livestock infectious diseases and is taking measures to block infectious diseases.

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province will operate a special quarantine period until February next year to prevent livestock infectious diseases during the winter season.

Yongin City announced on the 17th that it decided to operate the special quarantine period proactively to respond to the high-risk occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza and foot-and-mouth disease during winter, following the recent detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in wild birds in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do.

Accordingly, the city has issued administrative orders to livestock farms to comply with quarantine rules such as applying slaked lime, checking and storing disinfection certificates, using disposable paper egg trays (for layer farms), and cleaning and disinfecting rice husk spreaders.

In addition, to prevent the occurrence and inflow of AI during the special quarantine period, the city operates one base disinfection facility and designates dedicated officers for poultry farms to conduct phone inspections for each farm, and conducts surveillance and testing at each farm through specialized avian veterinarians.

Furthermore, 11 vehicles from the joint quarantine team will be deployed to disinfect migratory bird habitats, surrounding roads, and roads near farms.

In particular, to prevent foot-and-mouth disease, vaccination is being carried out this month targeting cattle, goats, and other cloven-hoofed livestock farms. The city plans to impose fines on farms with low antibody positivity rates or low vaccination participation rates after inspecting the quarantine status of each farm.

The city also issued an administrative order restricting the movement of cattle and pig manure outside designated areas from next month until February next year to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease between farms.

A city official said, "Strengthening disinfection inside and outside farms and controlling the access of outsiders and vehicles are essential to prevent damage at each farm," and added, "Since this is a special quarantine period, we ask all livestock farms to actively cooperate."

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