Changnyeong-gun "Protect the Upo Wetland Crested Ibis from Avian Influenza"

Strengthening Disinfection Inside and Outside Breeding Facilities and Suspension of Viewing

The quarantine team of Changnyeong-gun, Gyeongnam, is disinfecting the Ttao-gi Restoration Center with a disinfection vehicle. [Provided by Changnyeong-gun Office]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Wook] Changnyeong-gun, Gyeongnam held an emergency countermeasure meeting chaired by the Director of the Environmental Management Bureau on the 19th after avian influenza (AI) was confirmed in wild bird carcasses found in Upo Wetland.

Since the first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Korea on October 12 this year, the Changnyeong Ttaoki Restoration Center and Jangma Dispersal Center (hereafter referred to as the Centers) have elevated the crisis level to 'Severe' according to the Upo Ttaoki AI quarantine plan.

They have been responding swiftly with measures such as strengthening disinfection inside and outside the breeding facilities more than once daily, enhancing disinfection of incoming vehicles and individuals, and suspending visits to the breeding facilities and the Ttaoki History Museum.

Following the recent AI detection, the Centers have intensified disinfection inside and outside the breeding facilities to more than twice daily, minimized the number of entrants, and controlled all incoming vehicles by supplying Ttaoki feed at the main gate.

The county has indefinitely postponed the Upo Ttaoki wild adaptation training scheduled from the 21st and closed the Upo Wetland Ecological Center in line with the access restrictions to Upo Wetland.

A county official stated, “We will conduct daily clinical observations of the Upo Ttaoki and do our utmost to prevent any damage caused by AI through thorough quarantine measures.”

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