Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in Wild Bird Droppings at Eulsukdo... Busan City Strengthens Surveillance and Quarantine Measures

Quarantine scene.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) was detected in wild bird droppings collected from Eulsukdo in Saha-gu, Busan.

Busan City announced on the 22nd that highly pathogenic AI was found in droppings tested by the National Wildlife Disease Control Center of the Ministry of Environment on the 21st.

To prevent the spread of infection in the vicinity, the city established a quarantine zone with a 10 km radius centered on the site where the antigen was detected as a "wild waterfowl surveillance area" and issued movement restrictions on 1,074 poultry across 63 farms within the surveillance area.

Additionally, rapid surveillance and testing are being conducted on poultry farms raising chickens and ducks within the surveillance area, a control post has been set up at the Eulsukdo migratory bird habitat, and access by people and vehicles has been restricted.

Disinfection activities will also be intensified by mobilizing five disinfection vehicles from the district offices, Animal Hygiene Testing Laboratory, and Busan Livestock Cooperative Joint Prevention Team targeting urban migratory bird habitats frequented by wild birds and nearby poultry farms.

A Busan city official stated, "There is a high risk of infection spread, as highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) recently occurred at a native chicken farm in Ilgwang-eup, Gijang-gun, Busan. We ask citizens to refrain from entering migratory bird habitats, rice paddies, and fields despite the inconvenience, and poultry farms to strictly adhere to quarantine rules such as disinfecting inside and outside the farm and controlling entry of vehicles."

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