More than 60000 pigs are slaughtered in the foot-and-mouth disease area in South Korea
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Last Update: 2002-05-21
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Introduction: South Korea's Ministry of agriculture and forestry Wednesday ordered more than 60000 pigs to be slaughtered in the areas where foot-and-mouth disease occurred to prevent its further spread More than 30000 pigs within 500 meters of the epidemic area have been slaughtered after the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease of livestock in the city of Gyeonggi Dauan and the town of Hokkaido, Zhongqing, South Korea, Wednesday However, following the discovery of a new FMD epidemic in neighboring areas on the 12th, the Ministry of agriculture and forestry decided to slaughter all pigs raised within 3 kilometers around the epidemic area There are more than 60000 of these pigs The Ministry of agriculture and forestry mobilized more than 50 excavators that day, and used the army to slaughter and bury, burning all the local pig feed At the same time, the Ministry of agriculture and forestry began to carry out disinfection tests in 11 neighboring cities and counties to prevent foot-and-mouth disease from spreading to other areas According to the Ministry of agriculture and forestry, the city of Gyeonggi dao'an has filed criminal charges against the city's Ligu farm, which delayed the report of the outbreak, on suspicion of violating the law on prevention of infectious diseases of livestock (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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