South Korea Reports Another Outbreak of Bird Flu at Poultry Farm
South Korea has reported a third outbreak of bird flu at a quail farm south of the capital, Seoul.
The Agriculture Ministry said today (Monday) about one thousand quail had died at the farm over the past four days.
A ministry spokesman said officials are trying to determine whether it is the deadly H5N1strain of avian influenza.
Last month, the officials in Seoul confirmed two outbreaks of the same highly infectious strain at two poultry farms close to each other. They said they planned to cull more than half a million poultry to try to prevent the spread of the virus.
These were the first known outbreaks of bird flu in South Korea in three years. South Korea culled more than five million birds during the 2003 outbreak.
韓國(guó)報(bào)告了第三起禽流感疫情，地點(diǎn)在首都首爾以南的一個(gè)鵪鶉飼養(yǎng)場(chǎng)。
韓國(guó)農(nóng)業(yè)部星期一說(shuō)，這家農(nóng)場(chǎng)過(guò)去4天里有大約一千只鵪鶉死亡。
農(nóng)業(yè)部發(fā)言人說(shuō)， 有關(guān)方面正試圖確定這些家禽是否是因感染致命的H5N1型病毒而死亡的。
韓國(guó)官員11月證實(shí)兩個(gè)鄰近的家禽農(nóng)場(chǎng)發(fā)生了具有高度傳染性的H5N1型禽流感疫情。他們表示，計(jì)劃宰殺50多萬(wàn)只家禽以防止病毒傳播。
這是韓國(guó)已知的，三年來(lái)首批爆發(fā)的禽流感。在2003年禽流感爆發(fā)期間，韓國(guó)宰殺了五百多萬(wàn)只家禽。
South Korea has reported a third outbreak of bird flu at a quail farm south of the capital, Seoul.
The Agriculture Ministry said today (Monday) about one thousand quail had died at the farm over the past four days.
A ministry spokesman said officials are trying to determine whether it is the deadly H5N1strain of avian influenza.
Last month, the officials in Seoul confirmed two outbreaks of the same highly infectious strain at two poultry farms close to each other. They said they planned to cull more than half a million poultry to try to prevent the spread of the virus.
These were the first known outbreaks of bird flu in South Korea in three years. South Korea culled more than five million birds during the 2003 outbreak.
韓國(guó)報(bào)告了第三起禽流感疫情，地點(diǎn)在首都首爾以南的一個(gè)鵪鶉飼養(yǎng)場(chǎng)。
韓國(guó)農(nóng)業(yè)部星期一說(shuō)，這家農(nóng)場(chǎng)過(guò)去4天里有大約一千只鵪鶉死亡。
農(nóng)業(yè)部發(fā)言人說(shuō)， 有關(guān)方面正試圖確定這些家禽是否是因感染致命的H5N1型病毒而死亡的。
韓國(guó)官員11月證實(shí)兩個(gè)鄰近的家禽農(nóng)場(chǎng)發(fā)生了具有高度傳染性的H5N1型禽流感疫情。他們表示，計(jì)劃宰殺50多萬(wàn)只家禽以防止病毒傳播。
這是韓國(guó)已知的，三年來(lái)首批爆發(fā)的禽流感。在2003年禽流感爆發(fā)期間，韓國(guó)宰殺了五百多萬(wàn)只家禽。