Gyeonggi-do to Restrict Access to 'Cheolsae Doraeji' Migratory Bird Sites Starting October

Migratory Bird Sanctuary Control Post

Gyeonggi Province will establish control zones near migratory bird habitats to prevent the introduction and spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI), restricting access for livestock-related vehicles and workers from October this year to February next year.

The restrictions apply to owners (managers) and workers of poultry farms with facilities exceeding 50㎡, owners (drivers) of vehicles entering livestock facilities, and workers at livestock-related facilities.

Vehicles entering facilities include those transporting livestock, eggs, veterinary medicines, feed, livestock manure, rice husks, rice bran, sawdust, bedding, compost, eggshells, poultry by-products, animal carcasses, personnel for medical treatment and vaccination, machinery repair, poultry shipment and loading/unloading, and vehicles for operating and managing livestock facilities.

Livestock-related facilities include poultry slaughterhouses, edible egg sorting and packaging businesses, edible egg collection and sales businesses, feed manufacturing businesses, hatcheries, fertilizer manufacturing businesses, and livestock manure processing businesses.

Gyeonggi Province plans to impose fines of up to 10 million KRW for violations.

In particular, drivers of livestock-related vehicles must confirm via registered GPS devices when an announcement indicates entry into a migratory bird habitat control zone, and from October 1, they must use alternative routes.

Even those not engaged in livestock work are advised to avoid visiting migratory bird habitats during winter to prevent avian influenza outbreaks, and if they do visit, they should avoid contact with livestock workers afterward.

Choi Kyung-mook, head of the Animal Quarantine and Hygiene Division of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "The risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza is increasing as H5 antigens have recently been detected in wild birds within the province. Livestock-related personnel should refrain from visiting migratory bird habitats, and livestock-related vehicles must visit farms only after passing through designated cleaning and disinfection facilities."

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