SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — An animal rights organization’s investigation has revealed that approximately 91.3% of cattle euthanized last year due to lumpy skin disease died in pain while conscious. The Korean Animal Welfare Association conducted a study of the euthanasia records from October 20 to November 20 of last year, the period following the first [...]
SEJONG, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Agricultural authorities launched a nationwide pest control campaign against blood-feeding insects amid growing concerns over the spread of lumpy skin disease among cattle, officials said Wednesday. The program, which will run through Nov. 10, followed the possibility that mosquitoes or other insects that were transported by air current or [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to complete nationwide inoculations of cattle by Nov. 10, officials said Monday, as health authorities were struggling to prevent the spread of lumpy skin disease (LSD). South Korea has distributed vaccines for 2.43 million cattle so far, with an additional batch of 2.1 million doses set [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has expedited the vaccination campaign for cattle and intensified quarantine measures to curb the spread of lumpy skin disease (LSD) amid deepening woes over its major dent to the beef industry. Since the first ever outbreak of the viral infection last week, the country has so far [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported four additional cases of lumpy skin disease (LSD), amid growing concerns over the nationwide spread of the highly infectious disease, the agricultural ministry said Monday. “There have been 14 cases of infection, with 638 units being culled so far,” Agricultural Minister Chung Hwang-keun said during an [...]