Foot-and-Mouth Disease Spreads in Jeonnam: Confirmed Cases in Muan Following Yeongam

Three Cattle Confirmed with Foot-and-Mouth Disease at a Muan Farm in Jeonnam
Emergency Measures Enforced Including Farm Access Restrictions and Disinfection

Jeonnam Provincial Government Office Building View

The spread of foot-and-mouth disease in the Jeonnam region is becoming increasingly serious. Following Yeongam, another foot-and-mouth disease case has been reported at a livestock farm in Muan.

According to Jeonnam Province on the 16th, a farm in Muan County, Jeonnam, has tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease.

After collecting samples from 17 initially suspected cattle and conducting tests, 3 were confirmed to have foot-and-mouth disease.

This farm has 69 cattle and is located about 18 km away from Yeongam, where the first outbreak occurred.

It has been confirmed that most farms within a 3 km radius of the affected farm (Illo-eup, Mongtan-myeon, Samhyang-eup) have completed preventive vaccinations.

Jeonnam Province has currently deployed quarantine teams and is taking emergency measures such as restricting access and disinfecting the area.

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