Foot-and-mouth disease of dairy cows in the former pig foot-and-mouth disease area of South Korea

Introduction: while the epidemic situation of foot-and-mouth disease of pigs has not been eliminated in South Korea, cow foot-and-mouth disease has been found recently This is the first case of foot-and-mouth disease of cows found this year South Korea's Rural Revitalization agency on August 8 called for strengthening the prevention of foot-and-mouth disease to prevent the spread of the epidemic A cow has been diagnosed with foot-and-mouth disease in an area of Gyeonggi do, South Korea's Ministry of agriculture and forestry confirmed Tuesday, media reported Thursday South Korea's Rural Revitalization agency said Tuesday that despite the short survival time in summer, foot-and-mouth disease of dairy cattle may still spread Therefore, farmers should resolutely cut off the flow channels of livestock, regularly disinfect the livestock houses, and observe the disease situation of livestock at any time, and report the symptoms of foot-and-mouth disease immediately In South Korea, the government only slaughtered and buried the pigs in the epidemic area when it took epidemic prevention measures after discovering the pigs suffering from foot-and-mouth disease one after another in May After the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease of dairy cattle, the epidemic prevention authorities said that they should find out the epidemic situation as soon as possible, and decide whether to kill cattle, sheep, deer and other livestock in the affected area according to the investigation results.