<Anchor> The
first African swine fever this year occurred on a pig farm in Hwacheon, Gangwon-do.
It has been only one year since a pig raised in a farm has been confirmed.
The quarantine authorities ordered pig farms in Gangwon and Gyeonggi areas to stop moving for two days.
First, G1 reporter Choi Kyung-sik.
<Reporter> This
is a pig farm in Hwacheon.
Yesterday (8th), 3 of 8 mother pigs shipped from this farm to a slaughterhouse in Cheorwon were found dead.
As a result of the quarantine authorities conducting a close examination for ASF and African swine fever, it was finally confirmed as positive this morning.
In August, the carcass of a wild boar that was confirmed ASF was found in a hill 250m from the farm.
Gangwon-do has decided to kill about 940 pigs raised on this farm and 1,520 pigs from two nearby farms.
It has been only one year since a confirmed case of breeding pigs occurred in a farm in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi-do on October 9 last year, and this is the first time in Gangwon-do.
Unlike foot-and-mouth disease, which has a preventive vaccine, pig farms are unable to hide their anxiety because there is no vaccine or treatment for swine fever.
[Kim Yeon-chang/Gangwon Cheorwon-gun Handon Association Vice President: I heard that the farm that has now been revealed is a farm that was doing very well in quarantine, but I don't know how (infection) it was.
It is very confusing and anxious.]
The quarantine authorities issued an order to temporarily stop moving pig farms, slaughterhouses, and feed factories in Gangwon and Gyeonggi areas for 48 hours starting from 5 am today.
(Video coverage: Shin Hyun-geol G1)