Haman-gun Conducts Mass FMD Vaccination in the First Half of the Year

Prevention and Blocking Measures for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Spread

Haman-gun, Gyeongnam Province announced on the 2nd that it has been conducting a mass vaccination of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) preventive vaccines for all cloven-hoofed livestock farms since the 1st of this month to prevent the outbreak of FMD and maintain cleanliness in the first half of 2024.

Although FMD is not a zoonotic disease, it is a Category 1 livestock infectious disease with high transmissibility that causes serious economic damage to livestock farms. It can occur in cloven-hoofed animals such as cattle and goats, as well as pigs.

Haman County will conduct a mass vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease in the first half of the year.
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The vaccination targets for the first half of the year include 17,288 heads of cattle on 455 farms and 1,613 goats on 42 farms in Haman-gun. Including public veterinarians appointed in 2024, all private veterinarians will be mobilized to carry out the mass vaccination, which is scheduled to be completed by the 30th of this month.

A county official emphasized, "Since 11 cases of FMD occurred in Chungbuk last May after four years, vaccination is essential to block the inflow of FMD, so we ask for the cooperation of the residents." He added, "Our county will make every effort to prevent the spread of FMD and implement thorough quarantine measures."

For any damages caused by the FMD vaccination, inquiries about compensation procedures can be made to the Animal Quarantine Department of the County Agricultural Technology Center.

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