Agriculture Minister Song Mi-ryeong: "FMD is a rapidly spreading disease... Full effort on vaccination"

Song Miryeong, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, stated on the 17th, "There is a concern of additional outbreaks centered on farms with many cattle and goats where vaccination was insufficient, so please make every effort to achieve an early end through rapid vaccination and thorough disinfection and other quarantine measures."

On the same day, Minister Song visited the Livestock Quarantine Situation Room at the Jeonnam Provincial Office to inspect the foot-and-mouth disease quarantine management situation in Jeonnam and made these remarks.

Song Mi-ryeong, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, visited the Livestock Quarantine Situation Room at Jeonnam Provincial Office on the 17th to inspect the foot-and-mouth disease quarantine management situation in Jeonnam.

The foot-and-mouth disease that started on the 13th in Yeongam-gun, Jeonnam, resulted in additional cases in Muan within two days of the first occurrence, bringing the total to five cases so far. It has been 1 year and 10 months since foot-and-mouth disease last occurred in Korea, in Cheongju and Jeungpyeong in May 2023.

On this day, Jeonnam Province reported on the formation of vaccination teams (108 teams, 337 people) and vaccination status, clinical examination plans for cattle farms in Yeongam-gun and adjacent cities and counties, temporary closure status of livestock markets (15 locations), and strengthened disinfection measures for cattle farms and slaughterhouses, among other quarantine management efforts in the Jeonnam area.

At the meeting, Minister Song emphasized, "Foot-and-mouth disease is a livestock disease that spreads very rapidly," and added, "Jeonnam is in a serious situation, and to prevent further spread, it is most important to vaccinate quickly and thoroughly compared to other regions."

Minister Song also requested meticulous clinical surveillance of cattle and pig farms and urged enhanced publicity to farm owners and veterinarians to promptly report any clinical symptoms of foot-and-mouth disease.

Minister Song stated, "This is a time when the circulating foot-and-mouth disease virus is highly likely to enter livestock farms, so cattle and goat farmers must strictly follow quarantine rules such as thorough disinfection of vehicles and people entering the farms," and emphasized, "Jeonnam Province and agricultural cooperatives should mobilize all available disinfection resources to thoroughly disinfect not only cattle farms but also livestock facilities and livestock vehicles to block the spread of foot-and-mouth disease."

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