Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 25 (Reporter Zhang Wei) South Korean agricultural officials said on the 24th that due to the renewed attack of the bird flu virus, the government department culled 201,000 poultry in an emergency to prevent the spread of the disease.
An official of the Korean Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Food said on the same day that the H5N6 bird flu virus was detected in all four duck farms in the southwestern region. One of them is located in Jingu, about 260 kilometers south of Seoul. The other is located in Gochang, about 300 kilometers southwest of Seoul. The other two are located in Yeongam, 380 kilometers south of Seoul. The official said that from November 19 to December 24, quarantine officers had culled 201,000 ducks in the above four duck farms.
After South Korea once again discovered the bird flu epidemic last month, many people worried that the epidemic would spread to the whole country. In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Food Kim Soo-lung issued a ban, requesting the major markets to stop selling chicks under 14 weeks of age.
In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Food has set up 16 inspection teams to supervise and inspect the implementation of the ban. At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Food also requested more than 300 poultry trading sites in South Korea to increase the number of business closures and disinfections.
In November last year, South Korea suffered from bird flu and culled more than 32 million poultry, which accounted for nearly one-fifth of the country’s total poultry. Since most of them are hens capable of laying eggs, the number of laying hens has dropped sharply.
During the Spring Festival this year, South Korea once fell into the "egg shortage," and eggs once turned into "golden eggs" and prices soared. South Korea then imported eggs from the United States, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand, stabilizing prices to some extent. However, due to the outbreak of the outbreak in the United States and Spain, South Korea subsequently decided to suspend the import of eggs from the above countries.
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