'Chungnam Seosan' Also Switches to Selective Culling

The government has decided to cull only the individuals infected with Lumpy Skin Disease in Seosan, Chungnam.

On the 18th, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters for Lumpy Skin Disease announced that, according to the 'Improvement Plan for Culling at Farms with Lumpy Skin Disease Outbreaks,' Seosan in Chungnam has been designated as a selective culling area based on the evaluation results of the Risk Assessment Team (9 members) from the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, composed of experts from academia and related fields.

Accordingly, the remaining areas exempted from culling are three locations: Dangjin, Chungju, and Gochang.

Seosan was evaluated as having a low risk of Lumpy Skin Disease transmission considering factors such as decreased density and activity of blood-sucking insects, no Lumpy Skin Disease cases in the past eight days, and the completion of vaccination for the entire Seosan city three weeks ago (on the 26th of last month).

An Yong-deok, Director of the Animal Disease Control Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, stated, "Switching to selective culling requires even more strengthened biosecurity measures than before, so farms and local governments must manage biosecurity more meticulously. Farmers should strictly adhere to farm biosecurity measures such as disinfection and pest control, as well as restrictions on cattle movement, and local governments should ensure thorough biosecurity management, surveillance, and testing at farms."

Meanwhile, according to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, as of 8 a.m. on the same day, 103 cases of Lumpy Skin Disease have been reported in 33 cities and counties. On the previous day, Lumpy Skin Disease was detected at dairy farms in Imsil, Jeonbuk, and Buyeo, Chungnam. The headquarters is currently conducting three ongoing tests.

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