A highly pathogenic avian influenza at a spawning farm in Eumseong, North Chungcheong Province...19th in the country

A highly pathogenic avian influenza and AI occurred at a spawning farm in Eumseong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do.

The Central Disaster Management Headquarters buried 44,000 chickens raised on this farm and conducts epidemiological investigations.

In addition, eight farms owned by the same agricultural corporation and 55 poultry farms within 10km of the outbreak farm will be inspected closely.

As a result, the total number of highly pathogenic AI cases at poultry farms nationwide in winter has increased to 19.