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  • #31
    Authorities open probe into possible bird flu in the wild - South Korea confirms bird flu in migratory birds

    http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/busi...01651315F.html
    (2nd LD) Authorities open probe into possible bird flu in the wild

    2014/01/18 22:49
    SEOUL/SEJONG Jan. 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea stepped up quarantine measures Saturday to stop the spread of bird flu and launched an investigation into the possibility that the deadly animal disease might have been caused by migratory birds, health authorities said.

    The Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency on Friday found the flock of about 1,000 ducks dead in a reservoir in North Jeolla Province, and began an investigation to confirm a possible link to aviation influenza (AI), according to the provincial government.

    The investigation comes after bird flu virus was found in thousands of ducks at a farm in Gochang, a nearby village in the same province.

    ...

    If AI is confirmed, it would be the first case of the virus in migratory birds in South Korea, authorities said, adding that such a result would have major ramifications. ...
    Last edited by Emily; January 20, 2014, 04:05 AM. Reason: Removed link to farm bird thread after merging.
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    • #32
      Re: Korea - Ministry of Agriculture confirms high pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreak on a duck farm prompting broad response - Gochang County, North Jeolla Province- Wild duck deaths also reported

      South Korea Quarantines Farms in Two Provinces on Bird Flu

      By Rose Kim and Sungwoo Park


      Jan 19, 2014 3:28 AM ET

      South Korea banned the movement of people who work with poultry and products from two provinces after confirming an outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8 at farms in the country?s south.
      Authorities have restricted movement in North Jeolla province, South Jeolla province and Gwangju Metropolitan City, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) from Seoul, for 48 hours until midnight Jan. 20, Lee Dong Phil, minister of the agriculture, food and rural affairs, told reporters today.
      The ministry confirmed the first outbreak in Gochang, North Jeolla province on Jan. 17, and at a duck farm in nearby Buan county today, according to separate statements on the ministry?s website. South Korea has culled 90,000 birds at six farms within a 500-meter radius, the ministry said today.
      ?It was inevitable to announce a stand-still in order to prevent further damage,? Lee said. ?We ask all to comply thoroughly with the stand-still instructions.?..http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-0...-bird-flu.html
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      • #33
        Re: Korea - Ministry of Agriculture confirms high pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreak on a duck farm prompting broad response - Gochang County, North Jeolla Province- Wild duck deaths also reported

        Source: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140119000285

        Bird flu scare spreads
        Additional cases confirmed on two farms
        Published : 2014-01-19 20:18
        Updated : 2014-01-19 20:21


        The government on Sunday confirmed that poultry from two duck farms in Buan, North Jeolla Province were infected with the avian influenza virus.

        There are now three duck farms with confirmed cases of the virus.

        ?The case reported on the 17th has been confirmed as the highly pathogenic H5N8 strain,? Kwon Jae-han, director of livestock policy bureau at the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Rural Affairs said.

        As for the farm that reported a suspected AI case on Saturday, it has yet to be confirmed whether the infection is caused by the same strain...

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        • #34
          Re: Korea - Ministry of Agriculture confirms high pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreak on a duck farm prompting broad response - Gochang County, North Jeolla Province- Wild duck deaths also reported

          Second case of bird flu also of highly pathogenic strain: gov't

          2014/01/19 20:52


          (ATTN: CHANGES headline; UPDATES with test results in paras 1-5)
          SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- The second reported case of bird flu this year is of the same highly pathogenic strain as the first case, the agriculture ministry said Sunday.
          Two duck farms in Buan, 280 kilometers south of Seoul, were reported to be infected with avian influenza (AI), and one was confirmed to have the H5N8 strain, the ministry said.http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news...ww.tweeter.com
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          • #35
            Re: Korea - Ministry of Agriculture confirms high pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreak on a duck farm prompting broad response - Gochang County, North Jeolla Province- Wild duck deaths also reported

            Source: http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/busi...001651320.html

            (LEAD) Second case of bird flu also of highly pathogenic strain: gov't
            2014/01/19 20:52

            (ATTN: CHANGES headline; UPDATES with test results in paras 1-5)

            SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- The second reported case of bird flu this year is of the same highly pathogenic strain as the first case, the agriculture ministry said Sunday...

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            • #36
              Re: Korea - Ministry of Agriculture confirms high pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreak on a duck farm prompting broad response - Gochang County, North Jeolla Province- Wild duck deaths also reported

              Bird flu scare spreads

              Additional cases confirmed on two farms

              2014-01-19 20:35

              The government on Sunday confirmed that poultry from two duck farms in Buan, North Jeolla Province were infected with avian influenza virus.

              There are now three duck farms with confirmed cases of the virus.

              snip

              Kwon also said that poultry kept at farms located within a 500 meter-radius of the concerned facility are being slaughtered.

              snip


              “(Expansion of the measure across the country) is limited to when a national outbreak is deemed likely. At present, it is considered that (AI) spreading across the country is unlikely,” Kwon said. He added that an order to slaughter the birds at the Buan farms has been issued.


              He also said the standstill measure was not issued to the Chungcheong provinces, where ducks from the Gochang farm were distributed, as there is no risk of horizontal transmission.

              The ministry, however, appeared to be unsure of the relationship between confirmed AI cases and the death of migratory birds in the area.

              On Friday a large number of Baikal teals were found dead in a reservoir located about halfway between the farms in Gochang and Buan. The Baikal teal is a migratory bird that winters in Korea and nearby countries.

              snip

              “About 50 dead birds were collected. About 200,000 birds came this year, and about 100 have died. In 2005, about 30,000 Baikal teal had died, and it was not AI. It is likely to be a similar case,” an Agriculture Ministry official in charge of treating animal diseases said.

              more..

              .http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140119000337
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              • #37
                Re: Authorities open probe into possible bird flu in the wild

                Here's a couple of YTN videos reporting on the investigation at the reservoir. (An abundance of healthy birds are shown along with a few dead birds.)



                AI 발생 농장 인근서 철새 떼죽음 / YTN
                ytnnews24

                Published on Jan 18, 2014

                [YTN 기사원문] http://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0115_2014011...
                [앵커]고병원성 조류인플루엔자가 발생한 전북 고창 인근 저수지에서 가창오리가 떼죽음을 당했습니다.떼죽음 원인이 고병원성 AI로 밝혀지면 이번 바이러스는 매우 강력할 것으로 우려됩니다.오리 농장의 조류인플루엔자 의심 신고도 잇따르고 있습니다.백종규 기자가 보도합니다.[기자]죽은 가창오리떼가 저수지 한가운데...

                <object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/Ays2_K5NAWU?hl=en_US&amp;version=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/Ays2_K5NAWU?hl=en_US&amp;version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

                Screen caps from YTN video above:






                I think the next video is showing how close some of the duck farms are to the reservoir being investigated:


                AI 발병지역 인근에서 가창오리 떼죽음 / YTN
                ytnnews24
                Published on Jan 17, 2014

                [YTN 기사원문] http://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0115_2014011...
                [앵커]고병원성 인플루엔자가 발생한 전북 고창의 농장 주변 저수지에서 겨울 철새인 가창오리가 떼죽음을 당했습니다.방역 당국은 고창 AI의 발병 원인이 가창오리가 옮겨온 것으로 추정하고 있습니다. 전북 고창군 동림 저수지에 나가 있는 취재기자 연결합니다. 백종규 기자!저수지에서 가창오리가 떼죽음을 당했다고요?...


                <object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="//www.youtube.com/v/oxJLQDa41Ko?version=3&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="//www.youtube.com/v/oxJLQDa41Ko?version=3&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

                Screen cap from YTN video above:

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                • #38
                  Re: Authorities open probe into possible bird flu in the wild - South Korea confirms bird flu in migratory birds

                  Press release from Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs:

                  H5N8 is confirmed in wild migratory birds. Pathogenicity is not determined yet.


                  Avian influenza (AI) in the corresponding situation occurs
                  2014-01-20 10:10:00


                  Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock in the last generation AI for attribution on January 17 epidemiological studies flatulence during one of our bodies collected from wild migratory birds identified on the findings of AI (H5N8 type) have been confirmed late today saying whether the highly pathogenic can be said.
                  however, is not confirmed, but highly likely to highly pathogenic Buan as flatulence and highly pathogenic AI has farms occurred in wild migratory ducks (Baikal Teal) is estimated at high flows that may have been said.
                  thus Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock Baikal Teal is taking into account the main travel path youngamho, Dongrim reservoir, a major migratory jeonnambuk doraeji geumgangho for such intensive surveillance conducted, along with ever possible to control the access of people (Ministry of Environment, local government cooperation),
                  the nation's major migratory doraeji (37 points) with respect to migratory farm near doraeji disinfection and sterilization around the country to strengthen local governments, agricultural cooperatives (co-control stage 400) and Veterinary Defense Division said in addition to the instructions hayeotdago.
                  feces of migratory birds, such as in order to prevent the risk of AI blocking factors and poultry farm and thorough disinfection is key, and, by a thorough disinfection of livestock farms conscious change of boots to wear with such a powerful disinfectant and disinfection activities We encourage you worked on was the Japanese municipalities disinfect the surrounding farms, traditional markets was instructed to talk to management, and thorough.
                  Veterinary Quarantine Department headquarters as well as agri-food, agriculture, forestry and livestock quarantine headquarters, the country's nine veterinary colleges, municipalities, through surveillance and collection for migratory test was significantly enhanced key.
                  - Veterinary Quarantine conducted by the national headquarters of the main migratory doraeji (37 points) and conducted intensive care area for wild birds ** fecal sample collection and testing for our body greatly expanded enforcement (1 to 30&#37; in February * implementation plan → 50% implementation), and the results of surveillance in case of strikes spread to an area on the left for disinfection and quarantine, said that it is planning to strengthen.
                  * in 2014 a total of 34,900 test plan
                  generation and wild bird AI ** Past AI antigen-antibody separation region (9 at the time, also, 36 cities and counties),
                  Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock expert advice on the current situation today to receive AM Defense Council will hold an emergency livestock and migratory wildlife experts and Ministry officials also said it plans to participate.
                  Livestock Association in Defense of the AI quarantine precautions whilst moving the stop command and the extension of temporary or local expansion, whether wild migratory birds during quarantine confirmed highly pathogenic AI is expected to strengthen the room and discuss

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                  • #39
                    Re: S Korea confirms another case of H5N8 bird flu in ducks in Buan

                    http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2...hind-outbreak/
                    anuary 20, 2014, 2:53 PM

                    Migratory Birds Behind South Korea Bird Flu Outbreak
                    By Kwanwoo Jun

                    South Korea says migratory birds were the likely cause of the country?s first outbreak of bird flu in three years, and stepped up quarantine measures at domestic poultry farms to stop the spread of the disease.


                    Tests showed the remains of 100 dead migratory wild ducks in a local reservoir contained H5N8 avian influenza virus, the same strain found at poultry farms in North Jeolla Province near the reservoir, the agriculture ministry said in a statement...
                    'Likely' suggests that the possibility still exists that the wild birds were infected by farm birds.

                    I'll merge the wild bird death investigation thread in with this one since we know the disease is the same in both the farm and wild birds now.
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                    • #40
                      Re: Korea - Ministry of Agriculture confirms high pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreak on a duck farm prompting broad response - Gochang County, North Jeolla Province- Wild duck deaths also reported

                      [Source: OIE, full document: (LINK). Edited.]


                      Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N8,Korea (Rep. of)


                      Information received on 17/01/2014 from Dr TaeYung Kim, Director General, Livestock Policy Bureau, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, Sejong-Si, Korea (Rep. of)
                      • Summary
                        • Report type Immediate notification
                        • Date of start of the event 16/01/2014
                        • Date of pre-confirmation of the event 16/01/2014
                        • Report date 17/01/2014
                        • Date submitted to OIE 18/01/2014
                        • Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
                        • Date of previous occurrence 26/05/2011
                        • Manifestation of disease Clinical disease
                        • Causal agent Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus
                        • Serotype H5N8
                        • Nature of diagnosis Laboratory (advanced)
                        • This event pertains to a defined zone within the country

                      • New outbreaks
                        • Summary of outbreaks
                          • Total outbreaks: 1
                            • Outbreak Location - JEOLLABUK-DO ( 488, Murim-ri, Sillim-myeon, Gochang-gun )
                              • Total animals affected: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered
                                • Birds - 21180 - 10 - 7 - 21163 - 0

                            • Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible animals lost*
                              • Birds - 0.05% - 0.03% - 70.00% - 99.95%
                              • * Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter;

                      • Epidemiology
                        • Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection
                          • Unknown or inconclusive

                      • Epidemiological comments
                        • Epidemiological survey is currently being implemented.

                      • Control measures
                        • Measures applied
                          • Stamping out
                          • Quarantine
                          • Movement control inside the country
                          • Zoning
                          • Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
                          • Vaccination prohibited
                          • No treatment of affected animals

                        • Measures to be applied
                          • No other measures

                      • Diagnostic test results
                        • Laboratory name and type - Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency ( National laboratory )
                          • Tests and results: Species - Test - Test date - Result
                            • Birds - real-time reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction (RRT-PCR) - 16/01/2014 - Positive
                            • Birds - virus isolation - 17/01/2014 - Positive
                            • Birds - virus sequencing - 17/01/2014 - Positive

                      • Future Reporting
                        • The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

                      -
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                      • #41
                        Re: Korea - Ministry of Agriculture confirms high pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreak on a duck farm prompting broad response - Gochang County, North Jeolla Province- Wild duck deaths also reported

                        Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2...hind-outbreak/



                        January 20, 2014, 2:53 PM
                        Migratory Birds Behind South Korea Bird Flu Outbreak
                        By Kwanwoo Jun

                        South Korea says migratory birds were the likely cause of the country?s first outbreak of bird flu in three years, and stepped up quarantine measures at domestic poultry farms to stop the spread of the disease.

                        Tests showed the remains of 100 dead migratory wild ducks in a local reservoir contained H5N8 avian influenza virus, the same strain found at poultry farms in North Jeolla Province near the reservoir, the agriculture ministry said in a statement.


                        ?The wild migratory birds were presumably the very likely source of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus that had affected the duck farms in Gochang and Buan [in North Jeolla Province,]? about 300 kilometers (187 miles) and 280 kilometers southwest of Seoul respectively, the ministry said in a statement...

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                        • #42
                          Re: Korea - Ministry of Agriculture confirms high pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreak on a duck farm prompting broad response - Gochang County, North Jeolla Province- Wild duck deaths also reported

                          <TABLE style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 200px; FONT-SIZE: 100%" class="infobox biota"><TBODY><TR><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" colSpan=2></TD></TR><TR><TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-SIZE: 88%" colSpan=2>An adult Baikal Teal drake</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
                          It breeds within the forest zone of eastern Siberia from the Yenisey basin eastwards to Kamchatka, northern Koryak, eastern Magadan Oblast, northern Khabarovsk Krai, southeastern and northern Sakha east central Irkutsk Oblast, and northern Krasnoyarsk Krai. It is a migratory species, wintering in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, northern and eastern China, from Beijing down the coast to the Vietnam border, and west to Yunnan then north to Chongqing and Henan.

                          It breeds in pools on the tundra edge and within swampy forests. In winter it is found on lowland fresh waters.


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                          Breeds in Siberia, winters in Japan, China and South Korea.
                          This Siberian species occasionally appears as a vagrant in Alaska, British Columbia or the Pacific Northwest.

                          A beautiful small duck of eastern Asia, rarely wandering into Alaska. Has been reported at a few other sites in North America, but these birds could have been escapes from captivity. Baikal Teal...

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                          Migratory birds most likely to have brought AI virus to Korea

                          Updated: 2014-01-20 PM 10:08:22 (KST)
                          Korea is in fear of a nationwide bird flu spread.

                          One of the biggest questions since AI broke out late last week, is probably the origin of the virus.

                          Now authorities are saying the baikal teal, a migratory type of duck may be the source that brought the bird flu here.

                          "Investigation results have revealed that dead migratory birds collected on January 17th were infected with the H5N8 strain of avian influenza."

                          While the government's first ever 48-hour standstill on the movement of any livestock and farm workers was lifted at the start of Tuesday, it is remaining on high alert.

                          If migratory birds are confirmed to be the infectors, the virus could spread or may have already spread to other regions in the southern part of the country, or even elsewhere.

                          On Monday three more farms were suspected of having ducks carrying the virus, calling for more preventive measures.

                          Around 1-hundred-20-thousand ducks have been culled so far, and more ducks and chickens could be killed in the coming days.
                          ...
                          The Ministry of Environment has said it will be tracking the baikal teal's route via GPS.
                          ...

                          Kwon Soa, Arirang News.
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                          • #43
                            Re: Korea - Ministry of Agriculture confirms high pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreak on a duck farm prompting broad response - Gochang County, North Jeolla Province- Wild duck deaths also reported

                            Source: http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/engli...al/620688.html

                            Migratory birds confirmed to be source of bird flu outbreak
                            Posted on : Jan.21,2014 11:54 KST
                            By Noh Hyun-woong, staff reporter

                            The flock of dead Baikal teal found at Dongrim Reservoir in Seongnae Township, Gochang County, North Jeolla Province was infected with avian influenza, or bird flu, authorities confirmed on Jan. 20.

                            ?Our tests found that the dead wild migratory birds that we collected in Gochang County on Jan. 17 were infected with avian influenza. The strain was H5N8, same as the ducks that we had tested previously,? said Kwon Jae-han, director-general of the livestock policy bureau in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, in the press briefing on Monday. Dongrim Reservoir is a little more than 5km in a direct line from the farm where ducks contracted highly pathogenic bird flu. Growing evidence indicates that the ducks were infected by the migratory birds.

                            Following the discovery that the wild ducks were infected with bird flu, authorities are working frantically deal with the outbreak. While the government has set up a defensive perimeter around North Jeolla Province to prevent the disease from spreading, more outbreaks could occur simultaneously in different areas depending on the flight paths of the migratory birds. Fortunately, because the winter is not very cold this year, a fair number of Baikal teal are not moving on to South Jeolla and South Gyeongsang Provinces but instead are reportedly wintering around North Jeolla Province...

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                            • #44
                              Re: Korea - Ministry of Agriculture confirms high pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreak on a duck farm prompting broad response - Gochang County, North Jeolla Province- Wild duck deaths also reported

                              http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=156349
                              Stricter measures enforced to contain bird flu in Korea
                              Updated: 2014-01-22 PM 2:33:27 (KST)
                              ...
                              But with a new suspected case emerging on Tuesday the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has now ordered that ducks within a 3-kilometer radius of an infected farm be slaughtered as a preventive measure.
                              This has been expanded from the previous 500-meter radius...
                              Connie Lee, Arirang News.
                              Over 6,000,000 birds were killed in the 2011 response to a bird flu in S. Korea.
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                              "...there’s an obvious contest that’s happening between different sectors of the colonial ruling class in this country. And they would, if they could, lump us into their beef, their struggle." ---- Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party

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                              • #45
                                Re: Korea - Ministry of Agriculture confirms high pathogenic H5N8 avian flu outbreak on a duck farm prompting broad response - Gochang County, North Jeolla Province- Wild duck deaths also reported

                                Avian Influenza Also Detected in Dead Geese: Gov't

                                Write : 2014-01-22 15:17:31 Update : 2014-01-22 16:48:45



                                The government has discovered bean geese in South Korea have also been infected with bird flu.

                                The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs held a briefing Wednesday and said they detected the H5N8 strain of avian influenza in dead wild geese found in a reservoir in Gochang, North Jeolla Province. This is the same strain confirmed earlier this week in Baikal teals, which are believed to have spread the disease.

                                Bean geese typically spend winter in Korea from early October to early March. They're the second most common migratory bird in Korea after the white-fronted goose.

                                Quarantine experts say the bean geese, unlike the teals, do not form clustered communities but are scattered across the country, which makes the whole country susceptible to bird flu.

                                An Environment Ministry official says experts are trying to tally their numbers nationwide.

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