Gyeonggi-do Provides 'Quarantine Income' to Livestock Farmers Affected by Heavy Snowfall

Gyeonggi Province is strengthening intensive disinfection for livestock farms affected by heavy snowfall. This is due to the nationwide outbreak of Lumpy Skin Disease and the increased risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the province caused by the migration of wild migratory birds during winter, raising concerns about the possibility of infectious disease outbreaks alongside facility restoration at livestock farms.

The Gyeonggi Provincial Animal Hygiene Testing Laboratory announced on the 13th that it is conducting disease prevention and control measures in cooperation with city and county offices and the Nonghyup joint control teams targeting 774 farms affected by the heavy snowfall.

Gyeonggi Province is disinfecting livestock farms. Provided by Gyeonggi Provincial Animal Hygiene Testing Laboratory.

Accordingly, to ensure the prompt recovery of livestock farms affected by the heavy snowfall and to prevent livestock diseases, disinfection activities are being carried out by deploying control vehicles mainly in areas densely populated with farms that suffered large-scale damage.

To this end, the Animal Hygiene Testing Laboratory is mobilizing 95 disinfection vehicles from joint control teams in 15 cities and counties including Suwon, Yongin, and Ansan to conduct simultaneous disinfection.

Shin Byung-ho, Director of the Gyeonggi Provincial Animal Hygiene Testing Laboratory, stated, "We are making every effort to provide practical assistance to livestock farmers struggling due to the heavy snowfall damage," adding, "We will do our best to prevent the outbreak of livestock infectious diseases and help livestock farms restore a stable environment."

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