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Civilization was revealed amid the corona 19 epidemic. Livestock exposed to avian influenza (AI) and African swine fever (ASF), etc., while humans are helplessly waiting for the vaccine, are being’disposal’ one after another under the name of’blocking’. Disposal is nothing more than just a live burial where livestock are gathered and buried. The spread of avian influenza this year is not very fast. Until the 27th, 29 cases occurred nationwide excluding Gangwon, Gyeongnam and Jeju. It was only one month after the highly pathogenic avian influenza was confirmed in 2 years and 8 months at a meat duck farm in Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do on November 26th. So far, 9427,000, including chickens and ducks, have been killed in 180 farms.

Eventually, the central avian influenza accident control headquarters (heavy water version) issued an order to temporarily stop moving livestock, workers, and vehicles in poultry farms and related livestock facilities across the country for one day (0 to 24:00) to prevent the spread. This is the second time following the last 12-13 days. A chicken farm in Maengdong-myeon, Eumseong-gun, Chungbuk, visited on the 19th. You can reach the farm only after passing through several layers of guard posts such as avian influenza base disinfectant → control post → quarantine post → mobile control post. Even then, a red signpost saying’No entry for quarantine’ and a wire block it. The area around the farm that raises 180,000 chickens is all white as if it was snowing. It is because of the quicklime sprayed for disinfection. Farmer Park Geun-Hyun came out of the control line, stepping on the pale lime like snow. “Fortified livestock farmers distance themselves more severely than COVID-19 distance. People wear masks, but chickens and ducks cannot do that, so we have to be careful.”

On the 7th, a highly pathogenic avian influenza occurred at a quail farm 9 km away from this farm. All 720,000 quails raised on the farm were buried, and 260,000 livestock from four chicken and duck farms within a 3km radius were also killed. 55 farmhouses, including Park’s farmhouse, raising 3.8 million chickens and ducks within a 10km radius, are watching the trend with their breath. Mr. Park said, “It turned out that there is no problem at the end of the Japanese inspection, but because of movement control, shipping and stocking (selling mature chickens and ducks, and bringing in new chicks) are not easy. Chickens lose an average of 100g per day when they lose weight, and the marketability decreases. “Blood dries out as soon as bird influenza comes when it comes, and when it doesn’t.”

This avian influenza came back after 2 years and 8 months. Avian influenza, which started on November 17, 2017, occurred in 22 farms in five cities and provinces, including Jeonnam and Gyeonggi, for 121 days until March 17 of the following year, and 6539,000 chickens and ducks were buried in 140 farms within the quarantine zone. It was disposed. However, farmers and experts recall the situation in 2016-2017, when the worst avian influenza ever hit. At this time, two types (H5N6 type, H5N8 type) hit the whole country in the form of’twin demic’. Avian influenza, which lasted between November 16, 2016 and April 4, 2017, occurred in 383 cases nationwide, and 3179 million chickens, 3.32 million ducks, and 3.10 million quails were buried in 1129 farms. At this time, as the poultry industry collapsed, foreign imported eggs appeared. There are concerns that the worst situation this year may be due to the large-scale advent of wild birds, the leading’suspects’ of the spread of avian influenza virus, and the spread of avian influenza abroad, which is going to be’unprecedented’. According to the migration data of migratory birds released by the Ministry of Environment, 196 migratory birds of 1,57 million species arrived nationwide this month. This is 66.3% compared to 944,000 last month. In particular, ducks such as mallards, which are considered to be the main culprit of the spread of avian influenza virus, accounted for about 1133,000 birds, accounting for 70.8% of the total migratory birds. The number of ducks is 270,000 in Dongrim Reservoir (Gochang), a place where avian influenza occurs in nine duck farms such as Naju, Yeongam, and Jeongeup, and 60,000 in the Mangyeong River and Dongjin River basins, and 30,000 in Suncheon Bay. It increased noticeably with the back. Oh Jung-hoon, an official of the Livestock Prevention Division of Naju City, said, “We cannot rule out the possibility of transmission by livestock vehicles, but the influx of avian influenza virus through wild migratory birds is a strong situation.” Since October, 30 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses have been confirmed in wild birds in migratory lands all over the country. In 2016, 23 highly pathogenic avian influenza antigens were detected in wild birds by December 8th of that year, and 244 avian influenza cases have occurred by the end of that year. Except for duck farms in the Honam area since last October, sporadic outbreaks are predominantly caused by horizontal propagation by livestock vehicles, which makes it possible to estimate propagation by migratory birds. In 2016-2017, horizontal propagation by livestock vehicles such as laying hen farms reached a peak. Park Yeon-jae, the Ministry of Environment’s Nature Conservation Policy Officer, said, “Because highly pathogenic avian influenza virus is constantly being detected this winter, please refrain from visiting migratory birds.” The situation abroad is also not good. According to the data on the outbreak of avian influenza abroad released by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on the 8th, in Europe this year, the number of avian influenza increased by 83 times compared to last year, and in neighboring countries such as China, Taiwan (Taiwan) and Vietnam by more than 1.5 times. The pandemic continues worldwide, including the outbreak in Iran, Russia, Slovenia on the 17th, Taiwan and the Netherlands on the 16th, and Israel, the UK, and Ireland on the 15th. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and local governments across the country expanded and reinforced the inspection area for migratory bird destinations from 96 last year to 103. However, last year, it expanded the control zone for livestock vehicles around the migratory bird inlet from 84 to 193 km to 234 to 352 km, and mobilized wide-area control devices, drones, unmanned helicopters, and military control vehicles to quarantine, but eventually failed to prevent the influx of viruses. Mo In-pil, an emeritus professor at Chungbuk National University’s Veterinary Medicine College (former president of the Korea Poultry Association) said, “Avian influenza resembles a coronavirus that threatens humans. Like wearing a mask, washing hands, and keeping a distance from the corona, in farmhouses, boots are Personal quarantine is necessary, such as changing reports and refraining from moving. The situation is very bad, such as the arrival of wild birds and the spread of avian influenza abroad, but if thorough quarantine prevents horizontal spread between farms, the worst can be avoided.” By Oh Yun-ju, staff reporter [email protected]