22.09.2015

H5N8 was confirmed at two duck-breeding farms and two live-poultry markets in South Jeolla province in the far south. The farms together housed about 14,800 ducks, which were culled after tests confirmed the virus.
The markets were tested as part of routine site inspections, and all 15 chickens and 16 ducks at the markets were euthanized. Korea suffered a historic outbreak of AI last year, during which nearly 15 million ducks and chickens were culled - the most-ever due to the virus in a single year.