Donghae City Moves Up Mass FMD Vaccination to Block Further Spread

Donghae City to Urgently Vaccinate 950 Korean Beef Cattle and Goats
FMD Vaccinations to Be Administered by March 3

Donghae City in Gangwon Province will conduct a simultaneous foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccination program for local Korean beef cattle and goat farms to prevent an outbreak of the disease. Following recent FMD cases in Ganghwa, Incheon and Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, the city has moved up the mass vaccination schedule, which was originally planned for March.

Exterior view of Donghae City Hall.

The vaccination targets are 38 Korean beef cattle farms with 722 head of cattle and 12 goat farms with 228 goats within the city. Calves under two months of age and animals in late pregnancy are excluded from vaccination.

The vaccination period runs from February 23 to March 13. For small-scale Korean beef cattle farms that have difficulty administering vaccinations themselves, the city plans to mobilize contract veterinarians and operate vaccination teams for two days from March 3 to March 4. Farms that self-administer vaccinations will be supplied with FMD vaccines.

In addition, in line with the extension of the special quarantine period, the Livestock Quarantine Countermeasures Situation Room will continue to operate through March, and a year-round base disinfection facility is being operated for livestock transport vehicles. The base disinfection facility operates from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Park Hyunju, head of the Agricultural Technology Center, said, "With recent FMD cases in Korea, concerns about further spread are growing," and added, "We ask for the active cooperation of livestock farmers to ensure thorough vaccination."

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