The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (AI) announced on the 5th that the 'H5N1' type highly pathogenic AI occurred at a layer farm in Asan-si, Chungnam, and a meat duck farm in Cheongju-si, Chungbuk.
With this, the total number of highly pathogenic AI cases reported at poultry farms nationwide during the 2024-2025 epidemic season has increased to 46.
The Asan farm was raising about 68,000 chickens, and the Cheongju farm was raising about 13,000 ducks.
The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters dispatched initial response teams to each farm to control access, carry out culling, and conduct epidemiological investigations.
To prevent the spread of AI and enable early detection of infected animals, detailed inspections will be conducted on poultry farms within the quarantine zones (40 farms in Asan and 29 farms in Cheongju), as well as farms and facilities visited by visitors and vehicles that entered the affected farms.
Additionally, the period until the 11th has been designated as the 'Nationwide Disinfection Week,' during which livestock facilities and vehicles will be disinfected.
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