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**Sally Furniss** · April 2, 2008, 01:11 AM

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Suspected bird flu case found in S Korea

Seoul (ANTARA News/Xinhua) - The South Korean government said Wednesday that a suspected case of bird flu has been discovered at a chicken farm in southwestern province of Jeollabukdo.

According to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, preliminary tests conducted on chickens that died at the farm in Gimje city, 260 km southwest of Seoul, turned up positive for the bird flu virus.

About 150,000 chickens on the farm started dying at the farm in March and the owner reported it to the government on Monday, South Korea`s Yonhap News Agency said.

The ministry will conduct further tests to determine if the virus is a low or high virulent strain of bird flu.

South Korean quarantine authorities isolated the farm to prevent shipment of chickens or eggs. Twelve other farms nearby have been banned from sending chickens or eggs to other locations.

The latest bird flu breakout was reported in March 2007.

http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008/4/2/ssspected-bird-flu-case-found-in-s-korea/

**Giuseppe** · April 2, 2008, 03:43 AM

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S. Korea finds suspected bird flu case
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) --

A suspected case of bird flu has been discovered at a chicken farm in southwestern South Korea, the government said Wednesday.

The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said preliminary tests conducted on chickens that died at the farm in Gimje, about 260 kilometers southwest of Seoul, turned up positive for the virus.

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**HenryN** · April 2, 2008, 05:47 AM

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By Bae Ji-sook
Staff Reporter

A suspected case of avian influenza has been reported at a farm in Gimje, North Jeolla Province, the government said Wednesday.

The Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said the owner of the farm reported that 150,000 poultry died suddenly on Tuesday. The ministry has conducted a preliminary test and said it has a positive diagnosis for the virus.

It will announce the results of further tests to discover the strain of the bird flu on Friday.

The government immediately banned the distribution of chickens and eggs from the farm and 12 others nearby.

This is the first outbreak of avian influenza this year ― the last confirmed case was in March 2007.

bjs@koreatimes.co.kr

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**HenryN** · April 2, 2008, 10:04 AM

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<TABLE id=tbl_article cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 20px"><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Bird flu has returned, initial tests indicate
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April 03, 2008

</TD></TR><TR><TD class=actxt id=articleBody style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 20px; LINE-HEIGHT: 27px; PADDING-TOP: 0px">The bird flu has reappeared, according to preliminary tests, in a remote chicken farm in the southwestern part of the country.
The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service ran tests at the farm yesterday in Gimje, North Jeolla, about 242 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Seoul. The agency confirmed that chickens there carried the avian influenza virus.
Another test is needed to confirm the outbreak, the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries announced yesterday in a press release.
Chickens at the Gimje farm began to die on March 29, but the owner did not report the outbreak to quarantine authorities until Tuesday. The owner, whose name wasn??t released by the ministry, breeds about 150,000 of the birds. Authorities have killed a total of 2,380 chickens at the farm to try to contain a possible outbreak.
The ministry said it will reveal the results of further tests by tomorrow. If the avian influenza virus is confirmed to be a highly contagious strain, the government body will immediately take preventive measures: culling all chickens, destroying all the eggs at the farm and disinfecting the nearby area within a 500 meter (1,640 feet) radius, said Kim Yong-sang, an official of the ministry.
Korea reported seven cases of bird flu between November 2006 and March 2007, leading to the culling of nearly 3 million chickens and ducks to prevent the spread of the disease, the ministry said. The strain did not get transmitted to humans.
The virus has not appeared in the country since then.
Bird flu has affected millions of chickens in 12 countries, but only 206 humans had died from the H5N1 strain as of last November, according to the World Health Organization.
No Korean residents have been affected.

By Park Sang-woo Staff Reporter [enational@joongang.co.kr]

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2888201

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**Giuseppe** · April 2, 2008, 10:25 AM

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[OIE - IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION REPORT]
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Low pathogenic avian influenza (poultry), Korea (Rep. of)

Information received on 02/04/2008 from Dr Chang-Seob Kim, Director, Animal Health Division, Livestock Bureau , Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), Gwacheon-city, Korea (Rep. of)

? Summary
Report type Immediate notification
Start date 01/04/2008
Date of first confirmation of the event 02/04/2008
Report date 02/04/2008
Date submitted to OIE 02/04/2008
Reason for notification Reoccurrence of a listed disease
Date of previous occurrence 11/2007
Causal agent Avian influenza virus Serotype Pending
Nature of diagnosis Suspicion, Laboratory (basic)
This event pertains to a defined zone within the country

? New outbreaks
* Outbreak 1 - Kimje, Yongji-myun, CHOLLA-BUKDO
Date of start of the outbreak 01/04/2008
Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided)
Epidemiological unit Farm
Affected animals: Species - Susceptible - Cases - Deaths - Destroyed - Slaughtered
* Birds - 150570 - NA - 2380 - 0 - 0
Affected population a layer chicken farm

? Summary of outbreaks
Total outbreaks: 1
Outbreak statistics: Species - Apparent morbidity rate - Apparent mortality rate - Apparent case fatality rate - Proportion susceptible animals lost*
*Birds ** - 1.58% - ** - 1.58%
* Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter
** Total contains unknown quantity

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

? Epidemiological comments
The chickens in the suspected farm showed inappetence and drowsiness and the fatality slowly increased from 29 March.
On 1 April, about 1,000 chickens were found dead, so the owner notified it to the local Veterinary Services.
On 1 April, a preliminary test was conducted at the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service and antibodies to avian influenza virus subtype H5 were detected.
The final diagnosis including pathogenicity index (HPAI or LPAI) is pending.
Movement restrictions are applied in the suspected farm and an epidemiological investigation is launched. The stamping out in the suspected farm is pending.

? Control measures
Measures applied Quarantine
Movement control inside the country
Screening
Vaccination prohibited
No treatment of affected animals

Measures to be applied Stamping out
Zoning
Disinfection of infected premises/establishment(s)
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403 Forbidden

http://www.oie.int/wahid-prod/public.php?page=single_report&pop=1&reportid=6934

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**HenryN** · April 2, 2008, 10:31 AM

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H5 and 1000 dead birds does NOT sound like low path.

**HenryN** · April 2, 2008, 10:55 AM

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Commentary

Likely H5N1 on South Korean Farm

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04020802/H5N1_Korea_Likely.html

Recombinomics Commentary

**Treyfish** · April 2, 2008, 04:52 PM

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Likely H5N1 on South Korean Farm

Recombinomics Commentary 16:48
April 2, 2008

The chickens in the suspected farm showed inappetence and drowsiness and the fatality slowly increased from 29 March.

On 1 April, about 1,000 chickens were found dead, so the owner notified it to the local Veterinary Services.

On 1 April, a preliminary test was conducted at the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service and antibodies to avian influenza virus subtype H5 were detected.

The final diagnosis including pathogenicity index (HPAI or LPAI) is pending.

The above comments in the OIE report filed by South Korea, suggest that the H5 detected will be H5N1. Although the title of the report includes low path avian influenza, the deaths of 1000 in 1 or 2 days suggests that the H5 antobodies will signal H5N1 infections.

Although the farm has 150,000, the short time frame between symptoms and recent deaths suggest that the virus has not had time to spread extensively.

Detection of H5N1 in this remote area would not be a surprise. South Korea lies on a migratory bird pathway, and the H5N1 detected at the end of 2006 was closely related to the Uvs Lake strain associated with the massive wild bird outbreak in the summer of 2006. Moreover, H5N1 was found in feces from areas frequented by wild birds.

Therefore, this outbreak is likely linked to wild birds migrating back to regions in northern Mongolia or southern Siberia.

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/04...ea_Likely.html

**Treyfish** · April 2, 2008, 06:31 PM

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Get Ready To prepare for the avian influenza
: 2008-04-02 오후 6:58:01
6:58:01 PM 2008-04-02 The doctor's chicken breeding farms Kimje avian influenza (AI) in two days, killing the authorities began to investigate dynamics. Agriculture, Forestry and Food Affairs and Fisheries jeonbukdo sanrangye 150,000, according to Foster Farms in the past 29 months beginning August 2, 2000, until our pit of the National Science and AI as a result of a thorough examination geomyeokwon doubt that the chicken was found. Concerned that the potential damage caused by large farms infected with the human body is gobyeongwonseong ileah 4, but as long as planned, the team members to prepare for the worst situation gihaeya.

Chonbuk will help livestock farmers winter 2006-2007 gobyeongwonseong AI measles, killing the game.

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I remember the end of last month because of the special defenses sigh of relief naeswideon chayeotda period ends. Iksan hamyeol occurred in November 2006 for the first time in three AI is Chonbuk, Chungnam three times, including seven times in the game, killing a lot of damage to them. Among them, only 273 farms in Jeonbuk 106 million gireudeon Marie ducks to chickens, pigs and salcheobunhaetda 447.

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Once again, but this time ttaeneutge will be taken in an emergency.
Last month, the UN's global AI large family need to know if anyone 10 to select issues to be solved as long as the human race is one gwajejung. AI for the United Nations, "first appeared in 2003 after a jeonyeomdoel urgent measures are not likely to disappear. Recently expanded to China and Southeast Asia and East Asia, a threat to South Korea, the cure rate is 3 percent reserve, ready motmichineun soholhada, "he pointed out.
AI is expanding fast enough to speed up, and he imagined chowolhal various variants of the virus to develop a vaccine because it can not be complete. This is more than anyone ppyeojeorige jeonbukdo experienced AI suspected migratory gamyeomwon nalahdeuneun since last November has helped to install and gaksi emergency military duty, the Dispatch has been unfolding. AI Iksan occurred and arrived at Geumgang haguduk Kimje, and migratory birds, including 10 Kimje mangyeonggang dongjingang place and the special administrative region and set yechal bunbyeon intensive inspection, disinfection in the Middle East.
After the conclusion of the AI jeobyeongwonseongeuro glad the doctor would yigeteuna gobyeongwonseong problem is not serious yeogan. Part of the farm food nongsusan in limiting the movement of eggs and chickens in the investigation into dynamics, but is not part soholhan to look closely. The government and jeonbukdo, Gimje authorities, as well as the relationship between farmers and breeders are also nervous residents want to let go of the string.

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**Treyfish** · April 2, 2008, 06:34 PM

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AI raised yongjiseo doctors Kimje

: 2008-04-02 오후 8:27:16

<TABLE style="DISPLAY: block" align=center><TBODY><TR><TD width=540> One of the poultry farms in the paper two days Kimje are suspected of being infected with avian influenza cases have occurred in the middle of the civil servants in charge of defenses to engage in ..../ </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Department and the Food and breaking news = jeonbukdo defenses authorities on April 2, the paper's Y Chonbuk gimjesi breeding farm in the National daleseo AI virus can be detected as a thorough examination of science geomyeokwon the commission said.
. Sanrangye 150,000 to the farm ... stereo, which is the current five-day period beginning June 29, 2380 our chickens. . On April 29, 300 to 380, starting with the 30th, the 31st 400, the 1st 1000, two days was 2,380, including 300 dead went.

. Livestock Research Institute of Hygiene and one day in the field for gageommul pyesahan chicken liver and inspection, examination, the doctor AI as a result of the decision.

Of the National Science geomyeokwon current dynamics of the survey asked whether the four ilkke gobyeongwonseong results jeobyeongwonseonginji final decision is expected to come out.

This farm, "in the bathroom ammonia gas that leaked from the causes of our collective," denying gobyeongwonseong AI.

In addition, even fewer number of our chickens, AI, considering that typically occurs in winter, jeobyeongwonseongil highly likely to be raised.

However, a large number of our chickens, where the virus is detected AI gobyeongwonseong situation can not rule out the possibility that cause. Turning gobyeongwonseong AI decision, in preparation of the farm, while limiting the movement of chickens and eggs, for a precise investigation to identify the cause of yesterday. Gimje 2:00 pm the same day, 15 in the Situation Room Floor yugwangigwan Joint Council held an emergency livestock defenses in the country, including measures.

. Yiwagwanryeon, paper and the one in the chicken breeding farms "that occurred last year, AI is still a nightmare, what seonhande nalbyeorak or eyes," "the already difficult conditions in the poultry farms are suffering, we suffer the hell are you talking about WHAT DO," said the head tteolgwotda.

Another breeding farms, "AI occurred last year, when administration officials and activities of the best defenses in yugwangigwan again, but it could only mean AI," "I have to see the final results are listed, but please ahnigil giwonhal AI is the only" catch my breath a sigh.

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**Treyfish** · April 2, 2008, 07:21 PM

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The administration is also active in the city turning siheomso shut down until the situation gujeyeok Emergency Dispatch and Emergency Dispatch concurrently with the avian influenza, an emergency system to switch defenses.

The avian influenza is turning doctors into gobyeongwonseong avian influenza cases panjeongdoel that all poultry and poultry product imports from Chonbuk about gihae decision on the import ban.

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**Treyfish** · April 2, 2008, 07:43 PM

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Emergency authorities investigate and mechanics

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The doctor's chicken breeding farm in Kimje Chonbuk avian influenza (AI) research and precision mechanics authorities are investigating the killing began.

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AI is concerned that human infections precision survey gobyeongwonseong higher than the migratory sigisang be resolved if China, and other Southeast Asian countries who have been infected with the possibility of moving along the path to higher authorities tension defenses.
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of the Food and wealth, the paper two days Chonbuk gimjesi sanrangye breeding farm about 15 manmarireul Foster of the National Science geomyeokwon tests found chickens suspected AI said. Last month, 29th day, until the chicken farm in 2380 is our year.

The government reported last one day assume the inspection, conducted as a result of that day in geomyeokwon chajeokeuro doctors decided to AI. Rapid propagation of the human infections are highly concerned about whether gobyeongwonseong AI will be as long as 4 days dawn. AI gobyeongwonseong March 6 of last year, has not been found since that occurred in Cheonan.
The government is to prepare for the onset gobyeongwonseong AI decision to limit the movement of eggs and chickens in the farm mechanics investigation began. The farm raised chicken with salcheobun sunk ready for the workforce hangbayireoseuje medication to prepare defenses.

Capt. nongsusan sikpumbu gimchangseop animal defenses, "Una young yedanki low sanranyul do pyesayul greatly diminished the possibility of an AI gobyeongwonseong delayed due to the high point, it appears," he said.

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**HenryN** · April 3, 2008, 04:45 AM

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SKorea starts culling poultry amid suspected outbreak of bird flu

The Associated Press
Thursday, April 3, 2008
SEOUL, South Korea: South Korean quarantine officials will slaughter 150,000 poultry at a chicken farm as a precaution following an outbreak of bird flu, an official said Thursday.
The outbreak earlier this week in Gimje, about 260 kilometers (160 miles) south of Seoul, was caused by an H5 avian influenza virus, said Lee Sung-jae, head of the quarantine bureau at the North Jeolla provincial government.
Further tests were underway on whether the case involves a dangerous strain of bird flu, Lee said. Results were expected by Friday. Several strains of H5 bird flu typically circulate in poultry, but the one known as H5N1 has caused worldwide concern because it can infect humans.
Lee said the slaughter is a precaution to keep the disease from spreading in case it is a dangerous bird flu strain. He added that there are about 1.6 million chickens within a three-kilometer (1.8 mile) radius of the suspected outbreak site.
The H5N1 virus surfaced at a separate quail farm in Gimje in 2006, prompting the slaughter of some 360,000 quails and chickens.
South Korea killed 8 million birds during outbreaks of bird flu in 2003 and 2006.
More than 230 people worldwide have died from bird flu since 2003. So far, most human cases have been linked to contact with infected poultry.
Bird flu remains hard for people to catch, but health experts worry the virus could mutate into a form that passes easily among humans, possibly triggering a pandemic.

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