South Korea Reports More FMD in Swine
SOUTH KOREA - South Korea has reported a new outbreak of foot and mouth disease in swine.
4 May 2010
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The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received Follow-up Report No. 3 from the South Korean veterinary authorities on 3 May.
According to the report, the outbreak took place at a farm in Inch'on-jikhalsi in swine. The report states that two animals were infected while 1118 were susceptible to the disease. All 1118 of the animals were destroyed.
According to the OIE, a farmer in Ganghwa found a suspicious case and reported it to the local government. The NVRQS affirmed that the swine were infected with FMD virus by PCR and ELISA on 28 April. Not only were the pigs in the affected farm culled, but also all cloven-hoofed animals within a radius of 500m from the affected farm.
