29.07.2014

A highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, H5N8 strain, was diagnosed at a duck farm in Hampyeong county which is in the southwestern province of South Jeolla.. Approximately 42,000 ducks at the farm were immediately culled. To prevent the virus from spreading, an additional 2,000 chickens at the poultry farms located within a 500-meter radius were also slaughtered. The last time the province suffered an AI outbreak was in January, when the local government culled approximately 2.36 million ducks and chickens.