The Ministry of Agriculture has successfully vaccinated 4.05 million cattle against lumpy skin disease just one month after Korea's first-ever infection was reported. The cattle will take three weeks to develop antibodies.
The authorities have inoculated more than 4.05 million out of the country's 4.08 million cows so far to protect them against the disease, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on Thursday.
The authorities have inoculated more than 3.85 million out of the country's 4.08 million cows so far to protect them against LSD, according to the ministry.
Agricultural authorities launched a nationwide pest control campaign against blood-feeding insects amid mounting concerns over the spread of lumpy skin disease among cattle.
Korea has expedited the vaccination campaign for cattle and intensified quarantine measures to curb the spread of lumpy skin disease (LSD) amid deepening woes over its major dent to the beef industry.
As of Monday, 17 cases of lumpy skin disease had been confirmed and 638 cattle were culled. Farmers are vaccinating their cattle against the disease, with the government planning to import 1.7 million more doses of the vaccine early next month.
Korea reported a total of 14 confirmed cases of lumpy skin disease, a bovine viral illness, as of 5 p.m. Monday since its initial detection last Friday.
The 2023 Livestock Judging Contest, hosted by Nonghyup Bank's Chungnam headquarters, opened Thursday in Hongseong county, South Chungcheong. The contest celebrates the very best of hanwoo, a breed of small cattle native to Korea.
A delegation of U.S. meat producers visited Korea to learn about its meat consumption, as the country becomes the top importer of affordable American beef.
More than 250 cow farms in a local city where the first cases of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) had broken out in Korea are subject to government-led quarantine inspections to prevent the further spread of the contagious animal disease, a government...
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