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 [...]
Selangor, Malaysia, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – In a study published in the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, the research team reported that all three strains – which belong to the species Lactobacillus salivarius - would probably be able to survive and colonize the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of chickens: they exhibited good tolerance to acid, bile [...]
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SEOUL, Korea, Mar 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Since mid-January when the first case of bird flu was reported, as many as 10 million chickens and ducks have been killed as part of preemptive measures to contain the spread of the epidemic. Amid the massive slaughter of the fowls, the media is quiet about the travail [...]