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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
S.Korea Company to Offer FMD Prevention ServiceSOUTH KOREA - South Korea's leading security service provider plans to expand its business operations to help control the spread of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), industry sources said Tuesday.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
S. Korea Reports Suspected Case of FMD SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - A suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) was reported at a farm in Cheongsong, about 285 kilometers southeast of Seoul, the government said Tuesday.
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Suspected FMD Case Reported in Andong SOUTH KOREA - A suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease was reported at a cattle farm in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province in southeastern South Korea, on Thursday, the provincial government said.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Prompts Korean Pork ImportsSOUTH KOREA - With domestic hog production reduced 28.6 per cent (January-to-July) because of foot-and-mouth disease losses, the South Korean government is stimulating pork imports with a duty-free Tariff...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
S Korea To Produce FMD Vaccine In 2012SOUTH KOREA - South Korea will produce vaccines for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) next year to protect livestock after the country suffered the worst outbreak of the disease earlier this year, a government...
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
FMD Breaks Out in South Korean PigsSOUTH KOREA - The South Korean veterinary authorities have reported two new outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in the province of Gyeongbuk.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
S. Korea Reports Additional Case of FMD SOUTH KOREA - South Korea reported an additional case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on Wednesday, a week after the government lowered the alert level for the highly contagious disease by one notch. ...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
South Korea Reports One New Outbreak Of FMDSOUTH KOREA - The South Korean veterinary authorities have reported one new outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the Gyeongbuk province.
Monday, April 18, 2011
S. Korea Not To Raise FMD Alert Level Despite New Outbreak SOUTH KOREA - South Korea will not raise its present foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) alert level despite a fresh outbreak in the southeastern part of the country over the weekend, a government official said...
S. Korea Confirms Additional FMD Case SOUTH KOREA - South Korea reported an additional outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on Sunday, four days after downgrading its FMD alert level one notch.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Number of Pigs in South Korea PlungesSOUTH KOREA - Foot and mouth disease has been blamed for the dramatic fall in pig production in the last quarter.
South Korea Reopens Livestock Markets SOUTH KOREA - South Korea announced it planned to reopen all 85 of its livestock markets last week.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
With FMD Over, New Precautions Unveiled by GovtSOUTH KOREA - Declaring that the nation’s worst foot-and-mouth outbreak was over, the government announced a new measure to tighten its oversight of the livestock industry last week, requiring farmers...
Friday, March 25, 2011
S Korea Says FMD Costs Near $2.7 Bln SOUTH KOREA - South Korea, battling against its worst ever outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease said on Thursday that the crisis has cost nearly 3 trillion won (S$3.42 billion) so far.
Monday, March 07, 2011
Three New Outbreaks of FMD Reported in South KoreaSOUTH KOREA - The Korean veterinary authorities have reported three new outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in three areas - Chungcheongnam-do (also knows as Chungnam), Ulsan Metropolitan City and Gyeongsangbuk-do,...
Korea Mulls Permanent FMD VaccinationSOUTH KOREA - The government is considering regular vaccinations for all livestock every six months for the next three to five years to prevent another outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
Friday, February 25, 2011
PM Admits to Gov't Error in Countering FMD SOUTH KOREA - Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik said Thursday that the government was to blame for the uncontrolled spread of foot-and-mouth disease across the country, citing poor quarantine measures in the...
FMD-Related Damages Hover Around 3 Tln WonSOUTH KOREA - Damages caused by the severest foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in South Korea's history hovers at around 3 trillion won (US$2.6 billion), the country's farm minister said Thursday....
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Religious Groups Call for Improvement in Livestock Burial SOUTH KOREA - Some 35 religious groups from Protestant, Catholic, Buddhist, Cheondo Religion and Won-Buddhist organizations on Wednesday criticized the government for burying animals alive and called for...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
FMD Situation in S Korea May be EasingSOUTH KOREA - Just over 3,000 animals were culled yesterday in the attempts to control the spread of FMD, possibly indicating that the worst of the crisis is over.
No Pathogens Found in FMD Run-Off SOUTH KOREA - No harmful bacteria have been found in the run-offs related to foot and mouth disease (FMD), says the government.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Mistaken Virus Introduction Theory Leaves Blame on Innocent FarmersSOUTH KOREA - It has emerged that the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus that first broke out in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province last November, is a form close to that found in Hong Kong and Russia....
S. Korea's FMD Caused by Virus from Viet NamSOUTH KOREA - South Korea's latest foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus is closely related to the one found in Viet Nam, a state animal quarantine agency said Thursday.
More FMD Cases in S Korean SwineSOUTH KOREA - The South Korean veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the country's swine population.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
FMD Counter-Measures Must Succeed This TimeSOUTH KOREA - On 15 February, the government announced comprehensive measures to prevent environmental pollution in the areas where the slain cattle and pigs were dumped in the wake of the spread of foot-and-mouth...
Further FMD Case Found in Central South KoreaSOUTH KOREA - South Korea confirmed one more case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on Tuesday as quarantine authorities pushed ahead with the second phase of nationwide vaccination of pigs and cattle. ...
Monday, February 14, 2011
South Korea Forms FMD Task ForceSOUTH KOREA - South Korea will set up a task force to develop new foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) countermeasures to protect the country from future outbreaks, the farm ministry said Monday (14 February)...
Thursday, February 10, 2011
South Korea Reports Seven New FMD OutbreaksSOUTH KOREA - There have been a further seven new outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in the country's pigs.
Monday, February 07, 2011
FMD Found at Korea's Largest Pig Breeding Farm SOUTH KOREA - The Department of Animal Resources Development in South Chungcheong was closed yesterday after 13 pigs were found to have FMD.
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
S Korea Culls Over Three Million Livestock to Control FMDSOUTH KOREA - South Korea's quarantine authorities said Wednesday that they ordered the culling of more than three million animals to control the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).
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