Low-Path Bird Flu Found in South Korea
SOUTH KOREA - Low-pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) has been found at a farm in the west of the country during routine surveillance.
19 October 2010
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The veterinary authority sent an Immediate Notification dated 17 October to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
The report describes the reoccurrence of LPAI, last seen in the country in late June this year.
Sub-clinical infection was found on 5 October at a farm at Changso-ri in Chungcheongnam-do in the west of the country. All 3,274 birds in a mixed flock of ducks, chickens and turkeys have been destroyed.
The H7N7 sub-type of the virus has been confirmed.
The report adds that, as part of the continuous avian influenza surveillance programme, Chungcheongnam-do Veterinary Research Institute tested the samples (faeces and laryngo-pharyngeal swabs) collected from ducks in the farm located in Changso-ri, Yesan-gun, Chungcheongnam-do on 5 October. Haemagglutination test results were positive on 15 October. The National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS) found avian influenza antigen (H7N7) by PCR on 15 October and confirmed it as low pathogenic avian influenza virus (H7N7) by gene sequencing on 16 October.
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