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Re: South Korea:H5N1 Spreading in Fowl, 2 April 2008 +
(LEAD) Gov't to halt poultry sales in traditional open markets
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SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) --
The government said Wednesday that it will temporarily halt the sale of ducks and chickens in traditional open markets to prevent the further spread of bird flu in the country.
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said the measures, which are to go into effect immediately, will involve markets in the country's provincial cities and towns.
- http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news...008600320.HTML
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Bird Flu Hits Gyeongsang Provinces
2008-04-30 16:47:56
Avian influenza is spreading to the Gyeongsang provinces after hitting the Jeolla and Gyeonggi regions.
A case of bird flu has been confirmed in Ulsan, South Gyeongsang Province and another case is suspected in Daegu.
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries found the H-Five-type avian influenza virus at a chicken farm in Ulsan. The ministry will confirm whether the virus is highly pathogenic or not by Thursday.
The death of chickens at the farm in the southeastern coastal city was reported Monday.
Quarantine authorities will cull more than 100 chickens at the infected farm and three neighboring farms.
Inspectors are investigating whether poultry raised in a Daegu home was infected with the disease, as five fowl were found dead there. Five of the remaining fowl at the home tested positive for bird flu.
As of noon on Wednesday, 55 bird flu cases have been reported. Among them 29 were confirmed to be highly pathogenic.
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2008/05/01 17:40 KST
Bird flu spreading in southeastern S. Korea, suspected case reported in Busan
SEOUL, May 1 (Yonhap) -- A suspected bird flu case has been reported in Busan while two more outbreaks in the southeastern region of South Korea have been confirmed as virulent strains of the avian influenza, the government said Thursday.
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said quarantine experts have been dispatched to northern Busan, where sudden deaths of chickens have been reported.
South Korea has reported a new suspected bird flu outbreak, as officials confirm two more cases of the virus despite a big poultry cull.
The agriculture ministry says experts have travelled to the southern port city of Busan following a report of chickens dying suddenly.
It says two outbreaks reported earlier in North Kyeongsang province have been confirmed as the virulent H5N1 strain of the virus.
More than five million chickens and ducks have been slaughtered since the latest outbreak was reported on April 5.
South Korea reported seven cases of H5N1 infection between November 2006 and March last year, resulting in the temporary suspension of poultry exports to Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and elsewhere.
Re: South Korea:H5N1 Spreading in Fowl, 2 April 2008 +
Commentary
H5N1 Spread in Eastern South Korea
Recombinomics Commentary 13:30
May 1, 2008
The government said Wednesday that it will temporarily halt the sale of ducks and chickens in traditional open markets to prevent the further spread of bird flu in the country.
A suspected bird flu case has been reported in Busan while two more outbreaks in the southeastern region of South Korea have been confirmed as virulent strains of the avian influenza, the government said Thursday.
The above comments describe the record spread of H5N1 in South Korea, including new outbreaks in the southeast (see satellite map). Over 6 million birds have been culled and the sale of birds at open markets has been suspended.
The outbreaks are likely linked to wild bird migration. Whooper swans have tested positive in Japan this week The affected regions in southern Korea are under a whooper swan flyway from Mongolia. Last season, the H5N1 in South Korea and presumably Japan, were closely related to clade 2.2 H5N1 from a summer of 2006 outbreak at the largest lake in Mongolia, Uvs Lake. The clade 2.2.3 strain linked to Uvs Lake has also spread throughout Europe and the Middle East.
Japan has recently announced the activation of a pre-pandemic vaccine plan that begins with first responders and may include 10-20 million citizens. Similarly, the United States has ordered up to 38.5 million doses of a vaccine targeting clade 2.2 isolate from a bar-headed goose. Clade 2.2 is linked to migratory birds and reported in over 50 countries west of China, including those in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. http://www.recombinomics.com/News/05...orea_East.html
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Whooper Swans have been known to inhabit the outer Aleutian Islands of Attu, Atka, Amchitka, Kanaga, & St. Paul in the late fall, winter, and early spring.
In late May and June, these islands act as magnets for Asian species that make their first North American appearance on the islands.
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2008/05/03 09:41 KST
Highly pathogenic bird flu strain killed chickens in Daegu: quarantine service
혻 혻 DAEGU, May 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's quarantine service said Saturday that a highly pathogenic strain of the bird flu virus was responsible for the sudden death of chickens at a private home in Daegu.
혻 혻 The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS) said the H5N1 strain of the bird flu killed the five birds at the private home in the industrial city 302 kilometers southeast of Seoul.
혻혻 It said to prevent further spreading of the avian influenza, 260 chickens raised in three small-scale farms within a three kilometer radius of the home have been culled and buried.
혻혻 Quarantine officials said the five chickens were purchased at a local open air market and are tracking where the birds came from.
혻혻 Earlier in the week, the government said it would ban the sale of all poultry sold at traditional markets that are open at regular intervals. The measures were taken after experts said the recent outbreaks in the southeastern Gyeongsang region were caused by people buying birds from such markets, which have largely escaped government oversight owing to their relatively small size.
혻혻 Authorities meanwhile said that decontamination efforts were underway within 10 kilometers of the Daegu home with close observation being carried out on homes and small-time poultry farms within this zone.
혻혻 The government has been catching considerable flak for failing to contain the outbreaks, which have generally been centered around the Jeolla region in southwestern South Korea.
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Highly pathogenic bird flu strain killed chickens in Daegu: quarantine service
DAEGU, May 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's quarantine service said Saturday that a highly pathogenic strain of the bird flu virus was responsible for the sudden death of chickens at a private home in Daegu.
The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS) said the H5N1 strain of the bird flu killed the five birds at the private home in the industrial city 302 kilometers southeast of Seoul.
It said to prevent further spreading of the avian influenza, 260 chickens raised in three small-scale farms within a three kilometer radius of the home have been culled and buried.
Quarantine officials said the five chickens were purchased at a local open air market and are tracking where the birds came from.
Earlier in the week, the government said it would ban the sale of all poultry sold at traditional markets that are open at regular intervals. The measures were taken after experts said the recent outbreaks in the southeastern Gyeongsang region were caused by people buying birds from such markets, which have largely escaped government oversight owing to their relatively small size.
Authorities meanwhile said that decontamination efforts were underway within 10 kilometers of the Daegu home with close observation being carried out on homes and small-time poultry farms within this zone.
The government has been catching considerable flak for failing to contain the outbreaks, which have generally been centered around the Jeolla region in southwestern South Korea.http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/busi...00400320F.HTML
Jeonbuk regional avian influenza 120 billion in direct and indirect losses of nearly a provisional tally.
According to the Chinese government and anti-epidemic authorities, salcheobun reward reward Obsolete eggs 3 billion won and 30.7 billion won and 3.7 billion won buhwajongran compensation, including direct damage amounted to 39.9 billion won.
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In addition, the breeding farms salcheobun suspended due to damage caused by indirect 73.8 billion, losses due to closure of six places buhwajang 13 billion won, and got four yugijil fertilizer plant closure and indirect damage caused by a loss of 79.5 billion won eokyeowon 8 this year.
Avian influenza in local farms in North Jeolla Province, 243 chickens and ducks and eggs are abandoned salcheobundoego is 5.42 million from 20.96 million the largest in history, including damage caused by Jeanne.
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Bird flu deaths advance southeast
Busan and Daegu see latest outbreaks this week
May 03, 2008
Bird flu outbreaks in Korea are spreading to Korea¡¯s southeast as poultry deaths from the H5 virus were reported in the cities of Busan and Daegu this week. The cases came one day after two new cases were confirmed Thursday in Ulsan, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Busan and Yeongcheon, 35 kilometers from Daegu, officials said yesterday. Four chickens died at the Gijang farm in Busan and five chickens died in Suseong District in Daegu this week due to the avian influenza virus. All remaining 370 chickens at the infected sites were slaughtered.
The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service is conducting more tests to determine if the virus that killed the chickens is the H5N1 strain, which is highly contagious to birds and can infect humans.
Government authorities had confirmed two cases of bird flu in the cities of Ulsan and Yeongcheon, Gyeongsang provinces, that led to culling of about 50,000 poultry within a 3-kilometer-radius of the infected farms. Authorities also ordered a ban on the movement of about 600,000 fowls within a 10-kilometer-radius of the infected farms.
¡°We just finished slaughtering chickens at the bird flu-infected farms,¡± said a Yeongcheon county official, declining to be named. ¡°We are very busy trying to stop the spread of bird flu outbreak in our region.¡± The most recent confirmed outbreaks mean the bird flu that started at a Gimje farm in southwestern Korea at the beginning of April is now spreading southeast.
Since the first confirmed case of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza was found at a Gimje farm in North Jeolla in early April, 31 confirmed cases have been found in Jeolla, Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, and Gyeongsang provinces, prompting the slaughter of more than 6.4 million chickens and ducks. That exceeds the culling of 5 million poultry in the 2003 bird flu outbreak. http://joongangdaily.joins.com/artic...sp?aid=2889342
Re: South Korea:H5N1 Spreading in Fowl, 2 April 2008 +
Bird flu spreading in South Korea, officials say
Agence France-Presse
First Posted 02:48pm (Mla time) 05/03/2008
SEOUL -- Bird flu outbreaks have spread to six of South Korea's nine provinces despite a massive cull which saw the slaughter of more than five million chickens and ducks last month, officials said Saturday.
An outbreak reported Wednesday at a farm around 300 kilometers (187 miles) southeast of Seoul was confirmed after blood tests as the virulent H5N1 strain of the disease, the agriculture ministry said.
It raised to 23 the total number of outbreaks reported across six provinces of South Korea.
Only the northeastern province of Gangweon, North Chungcheong in the centre and the southern island of Jeju have been unaffected so far, according to the ministry.
Meanwhile quarantine authorities denied allegations they had covered up an outbreak of avian influenza in the province of North Gyeongsang last month.
Responding to a television report, they said they had been cautious of the results of preliminary tests on poultry at Yeongcheon City, but final results confirmed the outbreak.
South Korea reported seven cases of H5N1 infection cases between November 2006 and March last year, resulting in temporary suspension of poultry exports to Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and elsewhere.
Last June, however, the World Organization for Animal Health classified the country as free from the disease.
The H5N1 strain has killed more than 240 people worldwide since late 2003. No South Koreans are known to have contracted the disease.
Re: South Korea:H5N1 Spreading in Fowl, 2 April 2008 +
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Re: South Korea:H5N1 Spreading in Fowl, 2 April 2008 +
from the U.S. embassy warden message dated on Thu, 1 May
AMERICAN CITIZEN SERVICES NEWSLETTER – MAY 2008
Date:
2008 01:03:54 -0500 (CDT)
U.S. State Department, U.S. Embassy Seoul
Consular Section, American Citizen Services (ACS) Newsletter
May 2008 3. Avian Flu Precautions
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There have been several instances of the H5N1 strain of avian flu in
poultry on farms throughout South Korea since April 3. The Embassy urges
Americans in South Korea to follow reports in the media and to take
precautions as suggested by the State Department at http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/...alth_3096.html
For additional up-to-date information on avian flu and a list of other
sources of information, please see the Embassy website at http://seoul.usembassy.gov/avian_flu2.html. Also please visit the U.S.
Government’s official clearinghouse on pandemics at www.pandemicflu.gov and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/. http://seoul.usembassy.gov/index.html
H5N1 Spread in Korea Linked to Northeastern Migration?
Recombinomics Commentary 10:54
May 3, 2008
Bird flu outbreaks have spread to six of South Korea's nine provinces despite a massive cull which saw the slaughter of more than five million chickens and ducks last month, officials said Saturday.
An outbreak reported Wednesday at a farm around 300 kilometers (187 miles) southeast of Seoul was confirmed after blood tests as the virulent H5N1 strain of the disease, the agriculture ministry said.
It raised to 23 the total number of outbreaks reported across six provinces of South Korea.
Meanwhile quarantine authorities denied allegations they had covered up an outbreak of avian influenza in the province of North Gyeongsang last month.
Responding to a television report, they said they had been cautious of the results of preliminary tests on poultry at Yeongcheon City, but final results confirmed the outbreak.
The above comments confirm that H5N1 has spread throughout South Korea (see satellite map) and the disclosure of the spread has been delayed by the withholding of test results. This approach is similar to the control efforts by India.
South Korea has defined 11 outbreaks in OIE reports, which have not been filed since the middle of last month. The most recent report, and associated press releases, were careful to draw distinctions between highly pathogenic H5 and highly pathogenic H5N1, when in fact the only difference is the number of confirmatory tests that have been announced. Last season the H5N1 in south Korea was the Uvs Lake strain of H5N1, which is within a sub-clade (2.2.3) of clade 2.2. It is likely that this seasons outbreaks will be related, so the H5N1 will have the HA cleavage site GERRRKKR. Sequencing of the cleavage site is one of the first tests on influenza A positive samples. The series of test are confirmatory in nature. Samples with GERRRKKR will be H5 which will be highly pathogenic H5, which will be highly pathogenic H5N1, which will be clade 2.2 H5N1, which will be clade 2.2.3, which will be the Uvs Lake strain of clade 2.2.3. Thus, the distinction between highly pathogenic H5 and highly pathogenic H5N1 is only administrative, and dependent on the extent of completing a series of confirmatory tests.
These distinctions have been used to delay confirmation that the soldier infected with highly pathogenic H5 is infected with highly pathogenic H5N1.
However, these delays in testing can lead to delays in actions, which leads to an increase in spread. More than 6 million birds have been culled and live market trading has been suspended, but new outbreaks are confirmed as test results are announced.
This record break outbreak in South Korea has been followed by detection of H5N1 in northeastern Japan and southeastern Russia, which may be signaling migration of H5N1 to Alaska, which is likely seeded by the massive outbreaks in South Korea.
Release of H5N1 sequences from Korea, Japan, and Russia would be useful.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Republic of Korea (RoK) health authorities on May 4 culled tens of thousands of chickens at a farm after quarantine officials said they suspected a spate of recent bird deaths were caused by another case of avian influenza.
About 57,000 chickens were killed at the farm, located about 50 kilometres away from another poultry farm in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi province, where an outbreak of the H5NI strain of the bird flu virus was confirmed in early April.
The provincial government is also taking measures to arrange for the owners of several farms within 500 metres in radius to kill 18,000 ducks, Yonhap news agency reported.
The RoK banned in April the sale of all poultry sold at traditional markets. The measures were taken after experts said the recent outbreaks in the southeastern Gyeongsang region were caused by people buying birds from such markets, which have largely escaped government oversight owing to their relatively small size.-Enditem
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AVIAN INFLUENZA (67): SOUTH KOREA
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Highly pathogenic bird flu strain killed chickens in Daegu
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South Korea's quarantine service said Saturday [3 May 2008] that a
highly pathogenic strain of the bird flu virus was responsible for
the sudden death of chickens at a private home in Daegu.
The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS) said
the H5N1 strain of the bird flu killed the 5 birds at the private
home in the industrial city 302 kilometers [187 miles] southeast of Seoul.
It said to prevent further spreading of the avian influenza, 260
chickens raised in 3 small-scale farms within a 3-km [1.8-mile]
radius of the home have been culled and buried.
Quarantine officials said the 5 chickens were purchased at a local
open air market and are tracking where the birds came from.
Earlier in the week, the government said it would ban the sale of all
poultry sold at traditional markets that are open at regular
intervals. The measures were taken after experts said the recent
outbreaks in the southeastern Gyeongsang region were caused by people
buying birds from such markets, which have largely escaped government
oversight owing to their relatively small size.
Authorities meanwhile said that decontamination efforts were underway
within 10 km [6.2 miles] of the Daegu home with close observation
being carried out on homes and small-time poultry farms within this zone.
The government has been catching considerable flak for failing to
contain the outbreaks, which have generally been centered around the
Jeolla region in southwestern South Korea.
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ProMED-mail Rapporteur Mary Marshall
Bird flu deaths advance southeast
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Bird flu outbreaks in Korea are spreading to Korea's southeast as
poultry deaths from the H5 virus were reported in the cities of Busan
and Daegu this week [28 Apr - 2 May 2008]. The cases came one day
after 2 new cases were confirmed Thursday [1 May 2008] in Ulsan, 69
km (43 miles) from Busan and Yeongcheon, 35 km from Daegu, officials
said yesterday.
4 chickens died at the Gijang farm in Busan and 5 chickens died in
Suseong District in Daegu this week due to the avian influenza virus.
All remaining 370 chickens at the infected sites were slaughtered.
The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service is conducting
more tests to determine if the virus that killed the chickens is the
H5N1 strain, which is highly contagious to birds and can infect humans.
Government authorities had confirmed 2 cases of bird flu in the
cities of Ulsan and Yeongcheon, Gyeongsang provinces, that led to
culling of about 50 000 poultry within a 3-km radius of the infected farms.
Authorities also ordered a ban on the movement of about 600 000 fowls
within a 10-km radius of the infected farms. "We just finished
slaughtering chickens at the bird flu-infected farms", said a
Yeongcheon county official, declining to be named. "We are very busy
trying to stop the spread of bird flu outbreak in our region".
The most recent confirmed outbreaks mean the bird flu that started at
a Gimje farm in southwestern Korea at the beginning of April 2008 is
now spreading southeast.
Since the 1st confirmed case of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza
was found at a Gimje farm in North Jeolla in early April, 31
confirmed cases have been found in Jeolla, Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, and
Gyeongsang provinces, prompting the slaughter of more than 6.4
million chickens and ducks.
That exceeds the culling of 5 million poultry in the 2003 bird flu outbreak.
[An AFP report at
<http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5go06gplzbTyrV2okjsYzP4pqkiRw>
states that bird flu outbreaks have spread to 6 of South Korea's 9
provinces, raising to 23 the total number of outbreaks reported across
the country. Only the north-eastern province of Gangweon, North
Chungcheong in the centre and the southern island of Jeju have been
unaffected so far. - Mod.JW]
[see also:
Avian influenza (63): South Korea 20080421.1419
Avian influenza (62): South Korea, update 20080415.1361
Avian influenza (60): South Korea, 4th outbreak, duck 20080411.1321
Avian influenza (59): India (Tripura), South Korea (N Jeolla) 20080408.1295
Avian influenza (56): South Korea, 2nd outbreak, duck 20080405.1250
Avian influenza (55): South Korea, Viet Nam, OIE 20080404.1239]
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[2008-05-02 11:36:30] Recent avian influenza was confirmed in Ulsan in Ghana as Pohang and Gyeongju in the areas adjacent to the AI block emergency. All roads are linked to regional and local governments raised defenses to install a post to focus on preventing the spread and damage tilt. AI has occurred in Ghana, while Pohang tension is higher than ever.
Even if only a primary race in Ulsan prove that the perimeter is immediately adjacent regions of Ghana's somewhat relieved, but also because the Steelers are concerned because the damage spreading.The city boundaries and Ghana face the first IC jukjang and seopohang to patrol the installation of the emergency activities and to strengthen defenses.
Chicken and duck in this area, including its own to ban imports of birds and of course it is all about precision farming vehicles to conduct anti-epidemic and disinfection of vehicles and expansion of the base.
In addition, such as poultry farm bukgu seonggokri clustering around the area every day to check out the AI pyesayul to investigate suspected cases and been engaged in activities such as yechal entrance to the village to install sterilization equipment. Ulsan and Pohang, as well as areas adjacent to the race, too.
The avian influenza on farms in Ulsan earthen pot with positive came out and said major link road in Gyeongju, too, and to install an emergency patrol and anti-epidemic control system has been laid this out. Pohang has a whopping 530,000, the race is 2169000 breeds of chickens and ducks.
The Pohang and Gyeongju area is large enough to toast scale breeding farms in case of damage yuipdoel AI has also said there would be too nervous yesangdwae breeding farms and local governments will temporarily be unable to let go of the strap.http://translate.google.com/translat...&hl=en&ie=UTF8
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Fresh outbreak of bird flu virus suspected
ANSEONG, South Korea, May 4 (Yonhap) -- Health authorities have culled tens of thousands of chickens at a farm here Sunday after quarantine officials said they suspected a spate of recent bird deaths were caused by another case of avian influenza.
About 57,000 chickens were killed at the farm, located about 50 kilometers away from another poultry farm in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, where an outbreak of the H5NI strain of the bird flu virus was confirmed in early April, they said.
"We are trying to confirm whether the deaths of chickens at the chicken farm in Gangdeok-ri, Anseong City, owned by Yu were caused by the highly pathogenic strain of the bird flue virus," a spokesman for the Gyeonggi Provincial Government said, noting about 3,700 chickens died at the farm for unknown reasons over the past couple of days.
The provincial government said it has mobilized about 200 people to quarantine the farm and kill contamined poultry.
The provincial government is also taking measures to arrange for the owners of several farms within 500 meters in radius to kill 18,000 ducks.
The South Korean government banned in April the sale of all poultry sold at traditional markets. The measures were taken after experts said the recent outbreaks in the southeastern Gyeongsang region were caused by people buying birds from such markets, which have largely escaped government oversight owing to their relatively small size.
Quarantine authorities have been catching considerable flak for failing to contain the outbreaks, which have generally been centered around the Jeolla region in southwestern South Korea. http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/nati...01700315F.HTML
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Gov't takes drastic action to check bird flu spread
By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, May 5 (Yonhap) --
The government said Monday that it will kill and bury 400,000 birds in Anseong after a poultry farm reported a suspected avian influenza outbreak over the weekend.
The measure that affects 12 poultry farms in the city 77 kilometers south of Seoul is being taken despite the lack of definitive test results indicating why several thousand birds died suddenly, the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said.
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May 5, 4:52 AM EDT
North Korea inoculates poultry against bird flu following outbreak in South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea said Monday it has inoculated poultry against bird flu to prevent the spread of the virus from neighboring South Korea.
The North's Korean Central News Agency quoted quarantine official Ri Kyong Gun as saying all poultry in provinces near the border with the South have received emergency vaccinations, citing a bird flu outbreak in southern South Korea. South Korea has slaughtered about 6.5 million chickens, ducks and other poultry since early last month when bird flu broke out there for the first time in more than a year.
Ri was quoted as saying the North has also set up 1,600 observation posts along the east and west coasts to monitor the movement of migratory birds - which he said are a key way the virus spreads.
The North has intensified its quarantine efforts on poultry farms and ordered farmers to keep their poultry in pens to stop them from coming into contact with migratory birds, it said. The North banned South Korean poultry and eggs from a joint South-North industrial zone late last month, according to the Kaesong Industrial District Management Committee. South Korea had been sending 85,000 tons of chicken and 127,000 eggs to the complex in the North Korean border city of Kaesong every month for food for workers there, according to the South Korean Unification Ministry.
Bird flu hit North Korea in 2005, leading to the killing of about 210,000 birds, but no new cases have been reported since then.
혻혻 By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, May 5 (Yonhap) -- The government said Monday that it will kill and bury 400,000 birds in Anseong after a poultry farm reported a suspected avian influenza outbreak over the weekend.
혻혻 The measure that affects 12 poultry farms in the city 77 kilometers south of Seoul is being taken despite the lack of definitive test results indicating why several thousand birds died suddenly, the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said.
혻혻 It said the stepped-up quarantine measures are designed to prevent the further spread of the virus that has resulted in the culling of 6 million birds since April. In the past, the government usually waited for definitive test results before destroying birds in nearby farms.
혻혻 A poultry farmer reported on Sunday that of the 57,000 chickens he is raising 4,000 died within a very short period.
혻 혻 "The initial on-site tests conducted at the chicken farm showed the existence of the H5 bird flu strain," an official said. He added all surviving birds at the farm have been destroyed while those within a three kilometer radius are being culled.
혻혻 The outbreak in Anseong is the second time a bird flu outbreak has been reported in Gyeonggi province. The first case was in Pyeongtaek near Anseong, when birds tested positive for the virulent H5N1 strain of the bird flu.
혻 혻 The ministry, meanwhile, said that the Anseong case brings the number of bird flu reports to 59 this year. Of these, 32 were caused by the influenza and 21 were caused by other diseases. The remaining six cases are currently undergoing detailed tests.
혻혻 The country has been hit twice before by bird flu outbreaks, once during the winter months of 2003-2004 and once during 2006-2007.
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[A renewed trade agreement with US on meat import sparks a debate in the country as fears of BSE and bird flu may spread to humans start to concern people. IOH]
-- Zoonotic diseases: How do they affect the public?
May 06, 2008
This month, a highly contagious strain of avian influenza broke out in poultry farms in Gimje and Jeong-eup, North Jeolla Province and Nonsan in South Chungcheong Province. This is the third outbreak of avian influenza in Korea since 2003.
Livestock farms and related food industries have been severely damaged by the spread of avian influenza (bird flu) viruses.
Above all, the general public is very concerned that humans can be infected by the viruses.
In fact, a soldier, who was dispatched to destroy infected birds, recently had to be treated at a hospital since he was suspected of being infected by the virus.
Recently, zoonotic diseases, or contagious diseases infecting both humans and animals, have become global pandemics, including bird flu, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the human form of mad cow disease and brucellosis.
Bird flu has spread to 40 countries and caused 239 deaths since 2003.
What are zoonotic diseases?
Zoonotic diseases are diseases caused by infectious agents that both animals and humans can catch. Zoonotic diseases make up 70 percent of all epidemic diseases.
The carriers of the diseases are bacteria, viruses and parasites. The diseases are transmitted when people come into direct or indirect contact with infected animals.
What effects do these diseases have on humans?
Historically, zoonotic diseases have been lethal to humans.
The reason why the diseases are so lethal is that they develop diverse strains of viruses through genetic mutation. Thus, the human body does not have time to adjust to a new strain of virus and its immune system does not work properly. This is why zoonotic diseases cause significant deaths in a short time.
In the past 100 years, three influenza pandemics caused by new viruses have occurred around the world.
The 1918 Spanish flu resulted in 50 million deaths. The 1957 Asian flu and the 1968 Hong Kong flu caused 1 million and 700,000 deaths, respectively. In total, the number of deaths exceeded the number of those killed during World War I and II. [It is difficult to establish exactly how many people died in WWII: some demographic studies point between 15 to 30 millions of death for ex-USSR alone. IOH]
What causes zoonotic disease?
Experts say that zoonotic diseases began occurring after humans adopted agriculture. As people started raising animals such as cows, pigs, sheep or horses and used them for food or cultivation, diseases were transferred from animals to humans.
Rabies, a viral disease affecting mammals, is most often transmitted from dogs or raccoons to humans. It was mentioned in a legal document from ancient Mesopotamia 4,000 years ago.
The reason why zoonotic diseases are more prevalent these days is that the diseases infectious agents are rapidly spread by the movement of animals.
For instance, scientists once thought migrant birds transmitted avian influenza. However, the current outbreak of avian influenza in South Korea occurred after winter migratory birds had left the country. Others raised skepticism about this theory.
Some claim that the primary cause of zoonotic diseases is people's greed.
''The fundamental cause of zoonotic disease is modern mass production in animal husbandry in a bid to maximize profit and minimize costs,' said Park Sang-pyo, director of a civic group of veterinarians.
''Animals, raised in overcrowded factory farms, tend to have very weak immune systems and are easily exposed to viruses such as avian influenza.''
Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopthy, is known to have emerged because people fed meat and other animal food to herbivores to save on feed costs.
''While humans recklessly tinkered with nature, they destroyed the environment by distorting the ecosystem. Thus the number of viruses and insects that transmit diseases to wild animals or livestock increased,'' said Lee Hang, a professor the Seoul National University College of Veterinary Medicine.
''Zoonotic diseases were created by humans themselves.''
Other scientists cite the growing mobility of people and animals, thanks to advances in transportation and trade, as one of the reasons behind the spread of infectious zoonotic diseases.
What should be done to prevent these diseases?
The most important thing to prevent the spread of these diseases is to track their routes. Humans conquered the Black Death after the discovery that the epidemic was transmitted by infected rat fleas.
In addition, individuals have to pay careful attention to sanitation in their everyday lives, such as washing their hands more often. Viral diseases could be lethal when a person has a weak immune system; therefore it is important to strengthen the immune system by improving nutrition.
''To prevent the spread of zoonotic diseases, people have to understand that animals and plants have direct contact with viruses,'' said Park Seung-cheol, professor of Samsung Medical Center.
''For this goal, close cooperation among doctors, veterinarians and government ministries is needed.''
Some experts claim that we should conduct research on diseases among wild as well as domestic animals.
As current research on zoonotic diseases focuses on domestic animals such as cows and chickens, it is not enough to prevent a new epidemic.
Some experts argue that humans can only conquer these diseases when we realize that humans should coexist safely with domestic animals and wild animals.
By Jang Wook JoongAng Ilbo[soejung@joongang.co.kr]
- http://joongangdaily.joins.com/artic...sp?aid=2889404
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South Korea's bird flu outbreak spreads to Seoul
06 May 2008 05:53:31 GMT
Source: Reuters
SEOUL, May 6 (Reuters) - South Korea's worst outbreak of bird flu has spread to the capital with agriculture ministry officials saying on Tuesday four dead birds raised at a Seoul district government office had tested positive.
South Korea has confirmed 24 cases of the deadly H5N1 strain in poultry in about a month. It has killed more than 5 million chickens and ducks but that has not stopped the virus from spreading at its fastest rate since the country reported its first case in 2003.
The four birds were among 57 chickens, ducks and turkeys raised in pens at the district office in the eastern part of Seoul. The ministry said it would take about a day to confirm if the dead birds had contracted the H5N1 strain.
The city had culled all the birds at the site and was limiting access to a nearby zoo and livestock market, the ministry said.
Most of the outbreaks have been concentrated in the southwest of the country.
South Korea had to kill 5.29 million birds during the first outbreak between late 2003 and early 2004. The second outbreak in 2006-2007 saw about half that number culled.
On Monday, North Korea said it was stepping up measures to prevent the outbreak from being carried over its borders by migratory flocks.
The last known bird flu outbreak in impoverished North Korea was in 2005. (Reporting by Lee Jiyeon and Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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Bird Flu Outbreak Reaches Seoul
The bird flu outbreak that has swept South Korea reached the capital Seoul on Tuesday, prompting quarantine officials to decontaminate and limit access to a nearby children's park and open air market.
The Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said tests conducted on four birds that started dying off from late April showed they were contaminated with the H5 avian influenza virus.
The bird vivarium located at the Gwangjin ward office in eastern Seoul raised 57 chickens, ducks, pheasants and turkeys. The outbreak marks the first time that the avian influenza has hit Seoul since quarantine officials received reports of wholescale bird deaths on April 1.
The ministry said all birds in the vivarium have been culled and buried as a precautionary measure, while detailed tests to determine if the deaths were caused by a virulent strain of the bird flu will be made known later in the day.
"Interviews with the ward's workers revealed that the pheasant that died on April 28 was bought at a livestock market in Seongnam, south of Seoul," a quarantine official said. He added that inspectors have been dispatched to the market to check for additional contamination and to find out how the pheasant got sick.
The expert said while there was little chance of the bird flu spreading in an urban environment, authorities have sealed off Children's Grand Park located 1.2 kilometers from the vivarium and Gyeongdong market, where some live poultry transactions take place.
Most of the initial bird flu cases reported this year were centered in the Jeolla region in southwestern South Korea. It has since spread through most of the country with bird deaths being reported in Gyeongsang region in the southeast and two cities in Gyeonggi Province south of Seoul.
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Avian influenza is spreading to the Gyeongsang provinces after hitting the Jeolla and Gyeonggi regions. 
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