S. Korea confirms 2nd outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease

SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- The government on Thursday said it has confirmed its
second foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak at a meat cattle farm in Pocheon, 45
kilometers north of Seoul.
The animals at the farm started showing FMD symptoms early Wednesday causing
local quarantine officials to order the culling and burial of 15 heads of hanwoo
meat cows, the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said.
The animals were at a farm 3.5 kilometers away from where the first outbreak was
reported last week.
The ministry added that it will start culling livestock within a 500 meter radius
of the cattle farm to prevent further outbreaks of the highly contagious disease.
There are a total of five farms that raise 148 head of cattle and two deer within
the quarantine area and a farm that raises 1,200 pigs.
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