Jeonnam Animal Hygiene Testing Center Intensifies Slaughterhouse Quarantine During Special AI Prevention Period

Thorough Disinfection Checks for Live Animal Transport Vehicles and More

The Jeollanam-do Animal Hygiene Testing Center will strengthen slaughter inspections and quarantine checks in line with the special quarantine measures period for highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI). Provided by Jeonnam Province

The Jeollanam-do Animal Hygiene Testing Center announced that it is strengthening slaughter inspections and quarantine checks in line with the special quarantine measures period for highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI), which began this month. These efforts aim to prevent the spread of the virus through slaughterhouses and to minimize damage to farms.

Following the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a goose farm in Gwangju on the 22nd, these are preemptive quarantine measures to prevent the virus from spreading through slaughterhouses.

The center is thoroughly managing internal and external quarantine at slaughterhouses by conducting avian influenza tests on both slaughterhouses and supplying farms, strengthening both live and post-mortem inspections of chickens and ducks shipped to slaughterhouses, and checking daily whether appropriate disinfectants are being used.

For farms supplying to slaughterhouses, at least 10% of chickens and 30% of ducks are tested weekly. For affiliated poultry farms confirmed to have highly pathogenic AI, the testing ratio is increased to at least 20% for chickens and 60% for ducks at the time of shipment to slaughterhouses.

Additionally, environmental inspections of slaughterhouses are carried out once a week, and the management status of disinfection facilities, as well as the cleaning and disinfection status of live animal transport vehicles and drivers, are checked daily. The center also thoroughly verifies whether movement permits and disinfection certificates are carried to minimize any gaps in quarantine management.

Jung Jiyeong, Director of the Jeonnam Animal Hygiene Testing Center, stated, "Since highly pathogenic avian influenza has occurred in neighboring Gwangju, we are making every effort to thoroughly manage quarantine at poultry slaughterhouses." He also urged, "If poultry farms raising chickens or ducks notice any suspected symptoms of AI, they should immediately report it to the animal quarantine authorities."