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Outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Duck Farms in Korea

Yesterday (13th), the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Food of Korea said that highly pathogenic avian influenza virus was detected in another duck farm in Luozhou City, Jeollanam-do, South Korea.In just one week, three bird flu outbreaks occurred in South Korea, which attracted great attention from the society.

This is the duck farm where H5 highly pathogenic avian influenza broke out, and epidemic prevention personnel have set up checkpoints here to prohibit outsiders and vehicles from entering.On the 12th, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Quarantine of Korea detected the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus during the epidemic investigation of the duck farm. At present,Luozhou City has carried out preventive culling and landfill treatment for 37,000 meat ducks and poultry within a radius of one kilometer.

It is understood that there are 230 farms in Jeollanam-do where the incident occurred, raising about 4.3 million ducks, accounting for more than 70% of the Korean duck meat market share, and supplying them to many duck meat processing enterprises, large supermarkets and vegetable markets all year round. Yesterday, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Food of Korea issued a 36-hour ban on the movement of all duck farms in Jeollanam-do, and centralized disinfection of related vehicles and equipment. In addition,Since the source of the virus is likely to come from wild birds, rivers, reservoirs and other places where wild birds like to gather will be fully disinfected.

In fact,This highly pathogenic avian influenza has been the third case in South Korea in the last week. . On the 10th of this month, a quail farm in Chungcheongbuk-do, central South Korea, detected H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, the first case since this winter. One day later, the same virus was found in another duck farm within a radius of three kilometers from this quail farm.Up to now, more than 770,000 quails and more than 23,000 ducks have all been culled.

Although there is no obvious fluctuation in the price of duck meat in the Korean market at present, many Koreans are worried.It is very likely that the epidemic situation of avian influenza has spread rapidly throughout the country, which will definitely affect the market supply of eggs, chickens, ducks and other poultry meat, leading to a sharp increase in the retail prices of related foods. . At present,South Korea has raised the alert level of bird flu crisis to the highest level of "serious", and said that it will strengthen the monitoring of poultry farms nationwide to prevent bird flu from spreading again.

Japan: About 40,000 chickens will be culled to reproduce the bird flu epidemic.

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced on the 13th local time that a chicken farm in Shuishui City, Kagoshima Prefecture in the south of Japan had a highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemic, and about 40,000 chickens raised in this chicken farm would be culled. This is three days after Japan reported the bird flu epidemic again.

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced on the 13th that according to the guidelines on epidemic prevention of infectious diseases, epidemic prevention control zones with a radius of 3 km and 10 km have been set around the above-mentioned chicken farms, and chicken farms within a radius of 3 km are prohibited from transferring chickens and eggs in the zone, while chicken farms within a radius of 3-10 km are prohibited from transporting chickens and eggs to the outside world.

This is the second bird flu epidemic in Japan in this bird flu epidemic season. Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced on the 10th of this month that a chicken farm in Yokosuka City, Akita Prefecture in the north of the country had a highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemic, and more than 140,000 chickens had to be culled. According to Japanese media reports, the avian influenza epidemic in Akita Prefecture was triggered by H5N8 subtype avian influenza virus.

Outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza broke out in many places in Britain.

There have been many outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Britain in recent days. Christina Middlemiss, the chief veterinary officer of the British government, confirmed on the 13th that a farm in Lancashire was the latest outbreak.

According to the British "Mirror" reported on the 13th, this farm is located in Salwick near Preston.The British Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has ordered the culling of all poultry on this farm. Within 3 km and at least 10 km around the farm, it is divided into protected areas and monitoring areas, involving Preston and other four towns.

This kind of temporary control zone will take effect on the 12th, and no cancellation time has been set. According to the regulations, the staff must strictly record the visitors to the area, regardless of whether the other party has contacted poultry or other poultry. In addition,Birds raised in the area should be fed in isolation to minimize their exposure to wild birds.

The head of public health and welfare affairs of Lancashire County Council said: "I assure residents that the threat of bird flu to public health is very low. But it is important that you don’t pick up any sick or dead birds to prevent the spread of the virus, because in rare cases, the virus can be transmitted to people. " He also called on poultry breeders to be vigilant against any poultry diseases and report suspicious situations to the local office of the Animal and Plant Health Bureau.

After confirming several cases of bird flu in wild birds in Britain, the relevant departments announced on the 3 rd of this month.Set up bird flu prevention areas throughout the UK to prevent the virus from spreading among poultry and other birds. According to the relevant regulations, farmers who raise more than 500 birds in the prevention area must abide by strict biological safety measures, restrict the entry of unnecessary personnel, disinfect the relevant areas regularly, and set up temporary road signs to remind people to enter the prevention area.

The British government department confirmed on the 8 th of this month.An outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza occurred in a small poultry farm in Warwickshire, central England, and all local birds were culled immediately. Warwickshire subsequently announced the establishment of a 3 km protected area and a 10 km monitoring area around the farm, requiring poultry farmers in the area to isolate poultry and strictly record visitors.

According to the BBC, an animal sanctuary in Flinton-on-Sea, Essex, and a wild bird rescue center in Worcestershire also broke out recently, but the local government did not disclose the details.

According to Reuters, with the coming of winter and bird migration, in the past few weeks, there have been bird flu epidemics in many European countries, including France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Denmark.