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additional African swine fever was confirmed in Hwacheon, Gangwon-do.
As it is said that it has already spread quite a bit in the region, not only Gangwon Province, but also farmers in northern Gyeonggi Province are very concerned.
Reporter Park Chan-geun reports.
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The pig farm, where infection was further confirmed, is 2.1km away from the farm where African swine fever occurred four days ago.
In the process of prophylactic killing of 1, 20 pigs on the farm, the quarantine authorities took 30 samples and tested them, and two of them tested positive.
It has been confirmed that the farmer is raising 1,800 pigs in two places, Yeongbuk-myeon and Yeongjung-myeon, Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do.
Pigs from both farms were found negative as a result of sample collection, but both were killed for prevention.
As African swine fever outbreaks on two farms in Hwacheon-gun, there are concerns that the local infection has progressed to a large extent.
[Moon-soon Choi / Hwacheon County, Gangwon Province: Hwacheon County is the region where the number of wild boar breeding populations is the largest.
To ensure that domestic pigs can be safely reared and managed, we reviewed again to see if there are any problems with the current initiatives…
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particular, there is a possibility of further spreading to other areas of Gangwon-do and northern Gyeonggi-do through vehicles that transport feed and manure, and carnivorous birds.
[Nong-Hoon Choi/Professor of Konkuk University Veterinary Medicine: (African swine fever outbreak) In addition to farms 1 and 2, it would be most important to investigate whether or not there are farms 3 and 4 and related farms, up to 3 weeks. You have to watch more...
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temporary suspension order that was given to pig farms, livestock facilities, and livestock vehicles in Gyeonggi and Gangwon was lifted in the early morning of today (12th).