Sancheong-gun, Making Every Effort to Maintain a Livestock Disease-Free Clean Sancheong

Operation of Special Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters and Full Measures to Block Highly Pathogenic AI

Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam is making every effort to maintain a clean Sancheong free of livestock diseases.

According to Sancheong-gun on the 11th, highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) occurred at Yukyoung Duck Farm in Goheung-gun, Jeonnam on the 4th.

Since then, highly pathogenic AI has consecutively appeared at a meat duck farm in Muan and two meat breeding farms in Iksan, Jeonbuk.

Sancheong-gun Yangcheon River area disinfection.

Accordingly, Sancheong-gun is operating a special quarantine countermeasure headquarters for highly pathogenic avian influenza and running a base disinfection facility 24 hours a day to block highly pathogenic AI.

In particular, to prevent the transmission of highly pathogenic AI caused by migratory birds, emergency disinfection is being carried out by mobilizing disinfection vehicles and cooperative pest control vehicles from the Livestock Cooperative to migratory bird appearance areas such as Yangcheon River, poultry farms and their surroundings, and vulnerable quarantine areas, strengthening disinfection and surveillance.

Also, for livestock-related vehicles, disinfection is conducted at the base disinfection facility, and after receiving a disinfection certificate and verification, entry to farms is permitted.

In addition, gatherings of poultry farms and free-range reasons are prohibited, and overseas travel to countries with AI outbreaks is also discouraged.

A county official said, “Sancheong-gun is a clean area where highly pathogenic AI has never occurred so far,” and added, “We will do our best to protect a clean Sancheong free of livestock diseases by mobilizing all livestock quarantine administrative power along with voluntary blocking quarantine by livestock farmers.”

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