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After reporting their first two African Swine Fever farm outbreaks on the 17th & 18th, we've heard of no new ASF detections until today, when a 3rd farm tested positive in Gyeonggi Gimpo.
This represents an even deeper penetration into South Korea, as this 3rd outbreak is about 20 miles south of the first outbreak in Paju.The following (translated) announcement comes from South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture (MAFRA) follows:
Gimpo, Gyeonggi material pig farm 1. In places African swine fever (ASF) confirmed
□ Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Food ( hereinafter " agri-food unit ") is 9 Mon. 23 days critical control region based Gyeonggi Gimpo material pig farms (1,800 funnel breeding ) against suspected Axis reported cases of the results of inspections in the Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock Quarantine Office , 9 Mon. 23 pm 7 lividity around the African swine fever ( hereinafter "ASF") confirmed today announced that .
* Domestic ASF diagnosis : a total of three cases ( today 1, æ—£occurs 2)1) 9.16 days Report - Gyeonggi Paju material pig farms (9.17 days confirmed )□ agri-food section at the scene immediately after the receipt of the farm suspected Axis reported by emergency first responders In the bangyeoktim people , movement control for livestock and vehicles , has taken urgent preventative measures such as disinfection ,
2) 9.17 days Report - Gyeonggi-do Yeoncheon County pig farm material (9.18 days confirmed )
3) 9.23 days Report - Gyeonggi Gimpo material pig farms (9.23 days confirmed )
○ geumbeon ASF carried out immediately to buy as confirmed by the disposal measures and , caused and continue to cause the epidemiological understanding.□ For livestock farmers and livestock officials about the plantation and associated facilities implement strict preventative measures such as disinfection and , through careful clinical observation when the suspect was found, the axis assignment to give a rapid report . ※ livestock epidemics integrated reporting number : ( Without area code ) 1588-9060 / 4060
The FAO's most recent ASF update in Asia (Sept 20th) provides this synopsis of the first two South Korean outbreaks.
Republic of Korea
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) confirmed the occurrence of the first ASF outbreak in Gyeounggi-Do on 17 September 2019 [reference1]. A day after, additional outbreak was reported on a farm within 50km; both outbreak farms were located within 10 km from the Demilitarized Zone.
More than 10,000 pigs have been destroyed due to the ASF [reference2, reference3, reference4]. Emergency measures implemented include: ban on pig movement from Gyeonggi-do to other provinces for a week; swill feeding has been prohibited nationwide; a nationwide standstill order for pig farms, slaughterhouses, feed mills, and related transport vehicles was implemented from 17 September 2019 06:30 for 48 hours, to check and disinfect 6,300 pig farms; and together with the Ministry of Environment, will estimate the wild boar populations in the 14 cities / counties along the border.
Epidemiological investigation revealed that the infected farms had a total of 507 epidemiologically related sites across 5 provinces: i) Paju outbreak - 328 locations (Gyeonggi 251, Gangwon 60, Chungnam 13, other 4); ii) Yeoncheon outbreak - 179 places (Gyeonggi 147, Gangwon 15, Chungnam 6, Jeonnam 4, Gyeongbuk 3, other 4). Six high-risk cities/counties including Gimpo, Pocheon, Dongducheon, Cheorwon, Paju and Yeoncheon are designated as the 'ASF Critical Control Area'; the ban on pig movement from 'ASF Critical Control Area' to other area was extended to three weeks except slaughter only at designated slaughterhouses; entry of those who have frequent contact with pigs (veterinarians, personnel from feed company, etc) to pig farms in Gyeonggi-Gangwon area will be restricted except for the purpose of treating the sick animals [reference5, reference6].
