Pohang City Strengthens Quarantine Measures Amid Concerns Over Spread of 'Lumpy Skin Disease'

Operation of Lumpy Skin Disease Quarantine Situation Room

Strengthening quarantine measures including smoke disinfection around livestock barns

Pohang City is making every effort to prevent the spread of the viral infectious disease in cattle called 'Lumpy Skin Disease,' which was first reported in a Hanwoo farm in Seosan City, Chungnam Province on the 20th. As of the morning of the 25th, a total of 29 cases have been confirmed nationwide.

Pohang City is intensifying disinfection and making every effort in quarantine measures amid concerns over the nationwide spread of Lumpy Skin Disease.

The city first issued a temporary movement ban order for 48 hours from 2 p.m. on the 20th to 2 p.m. on the 22nd for cattle farms and livestock vehicles to prevent the infectious disease. The Lumpy Skin Disease quarantine countermeasures situation room is being operated in integration with the existing ASF and AI situation rooms.

In addition, to control blood-sucking insects such as flies and mosquitoes, which are the main transmission routes of Lumpy Skin Disease, the city is conducting fogging disinfection around livestock barns in cooperation with public health centers and eup/myeon/dong administrative welfare centers. To block the inflow of contamination sources within the region, the city is strengthening disinfection around cattle barns by mobilizing four teams from the Livestock Cooperative joint quarantine team and city quarantine vehicles.

Go Joon-dal, head of the Livestock Division, urged, “To prevent the inflow of Lumpy Skin Disease, cattle farms should strictly control access of outsiders and vehicles and thoroughly disinfect both inside and outside the farms. If there are any suspicious symptoms such as high fever, hard nodules on the skin, weight loss, or decreased milk production, please report immediately to the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency or the Livestock Division’s Animal Quarantine Team.”

Lumpy Skin Disease is a viral infectious disease in cattle transmitted by blood-sucking insects such as mosquitoes, flies, and ticks, and is classified as a first-class statutory livestock infectious disease. The mortality rate is below 10%. Infected cattle develop hard nodules on the skin and show symptoms such as high fever and loss of appetite. It is known not to be transmissible to humans.

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