SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The agriculture ministry said Sunday it has expanded the scope of poultry culling at farms infected with a highly pathogenic avian influenza in some areas of South Jeolla Province. The move came as a total of 19 cases have been reported in the province since Nov. 16, when a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A newly developed molecular sensor can quickly diagnose the infection of avian influenza. A joint research team from Korea University and Seoul National University announced Thursday that it had developed EliF, a molecular sensor that glows only in cells infected with the bird flu. Previously, a polymerase chain reaction [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of layer chickens raised in South Korea dropped 4.2 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier due to the impact of the bird flu outbreak, data showed Thursday. The number of layer chickens came to 70.7 million as of end-September, compared with 73.8 million a [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of layer chickens raised in South Korea fell to the lowest in more than three years in the first quarter, affected by the outbreak of bird flu across the nation, data showed Thursday. The number of layer chickens reached 62.1 million as of end-March, down 14.7 percent [...]
HWASEONG, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A farm that eventually slaughtered its chickens after having resisted the government’s mass cull order resulting from the occurrence of highly pathogenic bird flu at a neighboring farm has finally brought in new chicks and resumed operations. Sanan Village Farm, located in Hwaseong, GyeonggI Province, said Tuesday that it [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Prices of eggs in South Korea may jump by up to 68 percent in the March-May period this year, as the spreading avian influenza is expected to further exacerbate the supply shortage, a state-funded think tank said Sunday. In the three-month period, the supply price of a large-size 10-egg [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Monday it plans to temporarily ease precautionary measures against bird flu as the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza has slowed. The country plans to destroy the same kind of poultry within a 1-kilometer radius of infected farms for the next two weeks, when bird flu [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has been rolling out intense measures to prevent the spread of the highly pathogenic bird flu, but local farmers have cried foul over what they claim are too excessive. To curb the spread of the virus, the country destroys all birds within a 3-kilometer radius of infected [...]
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 [...]