SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agricultural ministry said Friday the local consumer price of poultry products continued to rise sharply as the country continued to destroy all birds near farms infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza. Authorities have so far culled 25.4 million poultry since the first bird flu case at a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — At least 13.6 million chickens have been culled following the spread of avian influenza and African swine flu. Farms and animal protection agencies are protesting against the cull, calling it inhumane and excessive. Animal protection law dictates that animals should be subject to a minimum amount of pain during [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agricultural ministry said Wednesday it has completed culling 13.6 million poultry as a preventive measure to cope with the rising number of highly pathogenic bird flu cases from local farms, with the total caseload approaching closer to 50. Under the country’s quarantine guideline, all birds within a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Avian influenza (AI) is spreading across the country as the coronavirus continues to rage on, taking a severe toll on public servants in charge of quarantine and burial. AI outbreak was confirmed at a duck farm in Yeongam County, South Jeolla Province on Dec. 5. Now, all poultry within [...]
SEJONG, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agriculture ministry said Tuesday that it has lifted a movement ban on local livestock farms as no additional cases of foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease have been reported in over a month. Last month, the ministry also released a standstill order on poultry farms in 20 regions as there [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Going forward, egg farms will be required to provide the date when the egg was laid and information on the hen’s living environment on egg shells. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety stated on February 23 it had issued an official notification regarding modifications to livestock and poultry [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Though the South Korean public considers the introduction of diseases originating abroad (MERS, ebola, avian influenza) a serious problem, the percentage of those who believe that they themselves are at risk of contracting one of these diseases was found to be low. In a survey of 1,000 adults carried [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — To better abide by international guidelines regarding the slaughter of animals, South Korea’s Rural Development Administration (RDA) announced February 5 that it had produced and tested equipment that creates nitrogen foam. According to the RDA, the World Organization for Animal Health advises the use of nitrogen gas when slaughtering [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean health authorities have set out plans for a bird flu emergency response system that will include an antigen bank and emergency vaccine supplies. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced the plans on Thursday, after a safety investigation task force launched by the Animal and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The world’s lightest GPS tracker for wildlife monitoring has been developed by South Korean researchers. Weighing only 17g, the new tracker is 8g lighter than what was formerly the lightest tracking gadget in the world, a device manufactured by Canadian firm Lotek. The Ministry of Environment announced on December [...]