Guest guest Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/12/23/bird.flu.ap/index.html?eref=rss_latest S. Korea carries out poultry cull POSTED: 1:42 a.m. EST, December 23, 2006 Adjust font size: [image: Decrease font][image: Decrease font] [image: Enlarge font][image: Enlarge font] *SEOUL, South Korea* (AP) -- South Korean quarantine officials have completed the slaughter of tens of thousands of poultry after a fresh bird flu outbreak, an official said Saturday. A total of 23,000 chickens and ducks have been killed in Asan, about 90 kilometers (55 miles) south of Seoul, where the outbreak of bird flu -- South Korea's fourth in less than a month -- occurred, said Agriculture Ministry official Lee Joo-won. The Agriculture Ministry has confirmed that the outbreak at the Asan duck farm was an H5 strain, but said further tests are needed to determine if it was the deadly H5N1 virus. South Korea has suffered three H5N1 outbreaks at chicken and quail farms since November, resulting in the culling of more than 1 million poultry in an attempt to keep the disease from spreading. Quarantine authorities are also limiting the movement of about 1.8 million poultry from 94 farms within a 10-kilometer (six-mile) radius of the outbreak, said Yoon Chang-hee, an official in South Chungcheong Province. He said the ban will be lifted unless another outbreak occurs in the next three weeks. South Korea slaughtered about 5.3 million birds during a bird outbreak in 2003. Copyright 2006 The Associated Press<http://www.cnn.com/interactive_legal.html#AP>. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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