H5-Type AI Antigen Detected at Jangheung Duck Farm; Emergency Movement Restrictions Imposed

Report of duck deaths at a farm raising around 20,000 meat ducks
Quarantine agency testing to determine if the virus is highly pathogenic

After an H5-type avian influenza (AI) antigen was detected at a meat duck farm in Busan-myeon, Jangheung-gun, movement restrictions were imposed within a 10-kilometer radius of the farm. The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency is conducting detailed tests to determine whether the virus is highly pathogenic. Results are expected in one to three days.

Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City said it received a report of duck deaths at the farm on November 5 and that detailed tests by the Animal Health Testing Laboratory detected an H5-type AI antigen. The farm raises around 20,000 meat ducks that are 28 days old.

Authorities have taken emergency measures after an H5 avian influenza (AI) antigen was detected at a meat duck farm in Busan-myeon, Jangheung-gun. Provided by Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City.

Immediately after the antigen was detected, the city dispatched two members of the initial response team from the Livestock Health and Quarantine Support Headquarters to the site to control access to the farm and disinfect it. Measures were taken to dispose of the livestock at the farm, and an area within a 10-kilometer radius was designated as a quarantine zone, where movement restrictions, disinfection and surveillance were implemented.

A 24-hour temporary standstill order was imposed from 11 p.m. on November 5 to 11 p.m. on November 6 on duck farms and affiliated companies in the Jeonnam-Gwangju region, as well as livestock facilities such as slaughterhouses and feed mills and livestock transport vehicles. The city plans to conduct detailed inspections of all duck farms and carry out disinfection at poultry farms and livestock-related facilities.

Since last year, 62 cases of highly pathogenic AI have been reported in nine cities and provinces nationwide. Of these, 11 cases were reported in five cities and counties in the Jeonnam-Gwangju region.

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