Highly pathogenic AI confirmed at a farm in Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, 3rd case in Korea this year

Incheon City in South Korea has increased quarantine measures following the confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) at a meat breeder farm in Ganghwa-gun. This is the third such case to be confirmed at a domestic poultry farm this winter. The quarantine authorities have culled 15,800 chickens and plan to cull 17,000 chickens from other poultry farms in the area. The city has also implemented other preventive measures and urged poultry farms to cooperate.

(Incheon=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Sang-yeon = Incheon City has stepped up quarantine measures after a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) was confirmed at a farm in Ganghwa-gun, Incheon. According to Incheon City on the 18th, the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency conducted a detailed inspection of dead carcasses at a meat breeder farm in Hwado-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, and the result was a confirmed case of highly pathogenic AI. The quarantine agency received a report of dead carcasses the morning before and conducted an inspection, detecting H5-type AI antigens, and it was finally confirmed as highly pathogenic AI at 7 p.m. that day. This is the third case of highly pathogenic AI confirmed at a domestic poultry farm this winter. Highly pathogenic AI was found at a laying hen farm in Donghae-si, Gangwon-do on the 29th of last month and a meat duck farm in Eumseong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do on the 8th. After previously controlling the farm where AI occurred, quarantine ...