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Facing its worst avian influenza outbreak, http://www.business-standard.com/search?type=news&q=South+Korea" rel="nofollow - South Korea has
culled over 33 million poultry since the first reported case last
November, officials said on Saturday, while observers noted local
resources to deal with the deadliest outbreak may have already been
stretched too thin.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the
country has culled 33.12 million animals till Friday. The number is
already more than double the previous record of 13.96 million killed in a
2014 outbreak, Yonhap news agency reported.
The first case in the latest outbreak was reported at a chicken farm in
Haenam, about 420 km south of Seoul, on November 16. It was caused by
the highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu strain.
After ravaging some 340 poultry farms nationwide, the outbreak appeared
to subside around early February. But it resurfaced on Monday at a
poultry farm in Gimje, North Jeolla province, some 260 kilometers
southwest of Seoul.
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