SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is set to face record damage from the latest outbreak of avian influenza (AI) with more than 10 percent of all poultry here already slaughtered for infection or in preventive measures, a report suggested Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, over 19.9 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A different type of avian influenza (AI) has been discovered in the country, the government said Sunday, as it intensifies efforts to contain its spread. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said a new H5N8 strain of the bird flu was detected at a chicken farm located [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea quarantine officials have slaughtered more than 9.81 million poultry this winter, an official said Tuesday, the latest in a series of efforts to contain a bird flu that has ravaged chicken farms across the country. They also plan to kill an additional 2.53 million chickens and ducks [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Egg prices in South Korea are showing signs of jumping as a large number of chickens have been culled due to the recent outbreak of avian influenza, industry sources said Thursday. The country has seen highly pathogenic bird flu cases spread at a rapid pace since mid-November when the [...]
JINJU, South Korea, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Three weeks have passed since the first detection of the H5N6 avian influenza virus in South Korea, but officials are still struggling to contain the outbreak. Over 4.4 million poultry had been culled as of Tuesday morning, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Early records indicate that the recent outbreak of avian influenza has not affected poultry sales, unlike previously when consumption dropped by more than 80 percent during the animal disease scare, a leading retailer said Friday. Figures provided by E-Mart said chicken sales from Nov. 11, when the AI virus [...]
EUMSEONG, South Korea, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Thousands of chickens and ducks infected with the H5N6 bird flu virus at farms in South Jeolla and North Chungcheong provinces were culled over the weekend. The virus has rapidly spread in the region, according to officials, killing dozens of birds since the outbreak. Some 250,000 birds [...]
SEJONG, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The research arms of South Korea and the United States devoted to dealing with wildlife diseases, have joined together to cooperate in tackling avian influenza, rabies and other animal-transmitted diseases, a state-run think tank said Thursday. The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) signed a letter of intent early [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea confirmed a rare case of avian influenza (AI) in a dog Monday, the first of its kind in nearly a year. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the animal disease has been confirmed in one of three dogs at a duck farm where [...]
JEJU, Korea, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid the discovery of Avian Influenza in Jeju for the first time in Korea this year, the virus was found to be highly pathogenic. On January 20, the provincial government retrieved two dead spotbill ducks at a habitat for migratory birds in Gujwa, Jeju, and found that they were infected [...]