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On the morning of the 9th, when an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) was confirmed at a pig farm in Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon-do, officials from the quarantine authorities controlled the entrance to the farm. Yunhap news
African swine fever (ASF) occurred on a pig farm in Hwacheon, Gangwon-do. The outbreak of African swine fever in domestic pigs after a year triggered an emergency in the quarantine authorities of livestock and pig farms. Gangwon-do quarantine authorities announced on the 9th that while monitoring a slaughterhouse in Cheorwon-gun on the 8th, three out of eight mother sows shipped from a farm in Sangseo-myeon, Hwacheon-gun, died and requested a thorough examination. . Consequently, the control officer of the Kangwon Province Animal Quarantine Department, the Livestock Quarantine Officer belonging to the Animal Sanitation Laboratory, and the First-time Quarantine Team of the Livestock Hygiene and Quarantine Support Headquarters they are urgently sent to the farm to kill 940 pigs and carry out epidemiological investigations. Gangwon-do quarantine authorities have established a quarantine zone 10 km from the outbreak farm and are actively reviewing the preventive killing and disposition of two pig farms located within the quarantine zone (bringing 1525 animals) to block further spread. Then the quarantine authorities urgently closed the Cheorwon-gun slaughterhouse where the mother sows from the outbreak farm were being shipped, and then urgently disinfected the interior and exterior of the slaughterhouse, and decided to remove all slaughtered pork and by-products. together the same day. In addition, a temporary suspension order was issued for pig farms, slaughterhouses, feed mills, driveways and related livestock facilities in Gangwon-do for 48 hours from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. to 5 a.m. all the pig farms in Hwacheon-gun were slaughtered and shipped. Steps were taken, such as stopping and banning manure extraction. To confirm the further spread, Gangwon-do quarantine authorities plan to conduct a close-up emergency inspection of 121 pig farms in eight cities and counties in the border area and adjacent areas for 3 days from 9. The first appearance of African swine fever in breeding pigs was on September 16 of last year and October 9 of the same year were the last 23 days. The outbreak areas were in Gyeonggi-do, such as Paju, Yeoncheon, Gimpo and Ganghwa, and there were cases of wild boar outbreaks in Gangwon-do, but this is the first time that breeding pigs have been raised. After the outbreak of African swine fever in a year, quarantine authorities cannot hide the feeling of collapse. In Gangwon-do, 358 cases of wild boar killed by African swine fever have so far been discovered. By region, there were 290 cases in Hwacheon, 33 cases in Cheorwon, 15 cases in Yanggu, 13 cases in Inje, 4 cases in Goseong, and 3 cases in Chuncheon. When the carcasses of infected wild boar were discovered one after another in border areas like Hwacheon, quarantine authorities installed wide-area fences to block infections and operated trapping groups and trapping frames to prevent the warthogs from going south. Through this, only 28,397 wild boars have been caught so far. An official from the Gangwon-do quarantine authorities said: “We are trying to find out the route of the infection, but it is probably due to wild boars. It is very unfortunate that we have done everything possible over the past year to block the entry of African swine fever farms. Now, to block further spread, we will take a quick and bold quarantine. “By Park Soo-hyuk, Staff Reporter
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