By Wyatt Bechtel
A health officer checks a cattle in a farm in Gimje as a preventive measure against foot-and-mouth disease after South Korea on Monday confirmed a case of food-and-mouth at a dairy farm elsewhere in the country, South Korea, February 6, 2017.
Areas of South Korea are on quarantine after a dairy farm was found to have foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in its cow herd.
Cows from the farm are being culled and to help decrease the likelihood of the disease spreading movement of livestock, including cattle and pigs, is prohibited in certain areas of the country. These regions include Gyeonggi, Chungnam, Chungbuk, Daejeon and Sejong. The halt on movement of livestock will be conducted for at least a 24 hour period ending on Jan. 29 at 8:30 pm in South Korea.
The prohibition also limits movement for livestock-related workers and vehicles. Workers and vehicles are to remain at the farm or facility.
Access and movement from the following livestock-related workplaces is limited during that time, according to the Ministry:
- Slaughterhouses
- Feed mills
- Collecting yards
- Feed dumps
- Feed dealers
- Manure disposal yards
- Communal composting yards
- Livestock manure public treatment facilities
- Joint recycling facilities
- Livestock transportation companies
- Livestock related service companies
- Livestock consulting companies
- Compost manufacturers
- Veterinary drugs and livestock equipment suppliers
If livestock, workers vehicles or goods are moving during the time of the announcement they are to be moved to a safe place approved by the Director of the Livestock and Livestock Bureau of the city or province.
Violations are subject to a fine of 10 million won ($8,937 USD) or less, or could result in a punishment of one year in prison.