Nearly 10000 pigs have been killed due to foot-and-mouth disease in South Korea
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Last Update: 2002-05-07
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Introduction: Zheng Yuan, a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily, reported yesterday that the Ministry of agriculture and forestry of South Korea had confirmed that the infectious diseases of livestock in the areas of Ancheng, Gyeonggi province and Zhenchuan, Hokkaido, Zhongqing province were determined to be foot-and-mouth disease At present, the Korean government has rapidly launched an emergency epidemic prevention work to prevent the spread of the epidemic At the same time, the reporter learned that the epidemic will not affect Beijing for the time being 280 piglets died in the last two to three days from 5000 pigs in a farm in the city of Gyeonggi Dauan, South Korea, with symptoms such as angular vesicular rash and loss of feet and feet, according to officials from the Ministry of agriculture and forestry Yesterday, through the precise test of the National Veterinary Science and Quarantine Institute of South Korea, the epidemic of Livestock Infectious Diseases in Anyang City, Gyeonggi province and Zhenchuan, Beidao Town, Zhongqing province was confirmed as foot-and-mouth disease It is reported that the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in South Korea occurred again after the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in 6 areas including kyunggyeonggi do poju city in March and April 2000 At that time, 2216 pigs were slaughtered in South Korea, and the farm suffered about 300 billion won due to the interruption of pork export In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, the South Korean government, after receiving the report of the epidemic, has divided the nearby areas into dangerous areas, border areas and management areas, ordered the closure of nearby livestock farms, and killed nearly 10000 pigs Reporters learned that because China rarely imports pigs, cattle and meat products from South Korea, the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in South Korea has little impact on China But Japan, South Korea's main exporter of pork, has again stalled plans to resume importing pork from South Korea At the same time, it is not known whether foot-and-mouth disease will affect the meat supply of the Korean market during the world cup (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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