Bird flu confirmed at Yanpu Quail Farm in Pingtung, nearly 49,000 quails culled

A quail farm in Yanpu Township, Pingtung County, was notified on its own initiative and confirmed to be infected with H5N1 avian influenza. The Ping County Animal Epidemic Prevention Station initiated epidemic prevention measures, culled 48,977 quails, and supervised the operators to complete the cleaning and disinfection of the farm. Relevant farms also conducted tracebacks to reduce the risk of epidemic spread.

On October 30, the Pingtung County Animal Epidemic Prevention Institute received a voluntary notification from a quail farm in Yanpu Township that there were abnormal deaths of quails. It immediately activated the epidemic prevention mechanism in accordance with standard operating procedures. On November 1, the institute confirmed that they were infected with H In response to the 5N1 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, a culling operation was carried out on the 2nd, and 48,977 quails were culled on site, including 6,500 breeding birds, 20,077 egg-laying quails, and 22,400 non-laying quails.

The Pingtung County Animal Control Office stated that after receiving the notification from the poultry farm, it immediately dispatched personnel to the farm to conduct movement control, spray and disinfect the farm area and surrounding areas, collect samples and send them to the Veterinary Research Institute of the Ministry of Agriculture for inspection, and simultaneously activated the surrounding poultry farms within a radius of 1 kilometer of the farm. Monitor sampling work and conduct visits and counseling within a radius of 3 kilometers to check whether there are suspicious cases in poultry farms within the jurisdiction to confirm the health status of poultry in surrounding farms and whether there are virus activities, and continue to strengthen the disinfection of the surrounding environment of poultry farms in high-risk poultry towns to control the spread of the epidemic.

Li Yongwen, director of the Agriculture Department of Ping County Government, said that the season for bird flu is from October to March every year, and poultry farmers are reminded to implement various biosecurity measures to control personnel, ensure that personnel, vehicles, transportation tools and other equipment entering and exiting the poultry farm are disinfected, and maintain Maintain the normal operation of the bird-proof fence facilities and observe the health status of the poultry in the farm on a daily basis. If abnormal symptoms are found, such as depression, loss of appetite, decreased egg production rate or abnormal death, etc., the animal epidemic prevention station should be reported as soon as possible to facilitate the control and prevention of the spread of the epidemic.