Request for blood-sucking insect control and vaccination to prevent lumpy skin outbreak in Jeju

To prevent the occurrence of lumpy skin, it is also recommended to control blood-sucking insects and get vaccinated.

(Jeju = Yonhap News) Reporter Byeon Ji-cheol = In Jeju, where lumpy skin recently occurred, quarantine measures to prevent the spread of livestock infectious diseases are being strengthened ahead of the Chuseok holiday.

Jeju Island announced on the 21st that it is asking residents and livestock farmers to follow quarantine rules as the risk of livestock infectious diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease and African swine fever may increase as the movement of people and vehicles increases during the Chuseok holiday.

The province asked returning visitors and residents to refrain from entering livestock farms when visiting their hometowns and to collect all leftover food when cutting grass or adult graves rather than leaving them around the graves.

Even after cutting down or adult cats, you should not visit the livestock farm and return home immediately to prevent external pollutants from entering the farm.

Livestock farmers must make it a habit to wash their hands and disinfect their shoes, and must wash and disinfect vehicles and equipment entering and exiting the farm before and after use. Gatherings between livestock industry officials during the holidays should be avoided as much as possible.

Livestock-related facilities disinfect the entrances and the inside and outside of the facility before and after the Chuseok holiday.

In particular, as lumpy skin has recently emerged in the province, puddles and weeds around the farm are being maintained and blood-sucking insect control is being strengthened.

Livestock farms were asked to actively cooperate with vaccinations to prevent the spread of lumpy skin.

Kim Young-jun, director of Jeju Island's Agricultural, Livestock and Food Bureau, said, "During Chuseok, as the movement of people and vehicles increases, the risk of livestock infectious diseases flowing into farms increases, so please refrain from visiting livestock farms and thoroughly disinfect related facilities." He added, "To prevent the spread of livestock infectious diseases, I hope that provincial residents and related agencies and organizations will also actively cooperate in complying with quarantine rules."