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The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in South Korea revealed today that extremely pathogenic bird influenza (H5 type) was validated in a cat in a cat shelter in Gwanak-gu, Seoul.
This follows extremely pathogenic bird influenza (H5N1 type) cases validated in 2 cats at a cat shelter in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. This was revealed on Tuesday.
The cat was required to a close-by animal healthcare facility due to anorexia and breathing signs, passed away throughout treatment, and the head of the veterinary healthcare facility reported it to the Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock Quarantine Headquarters. (H5 type) was validated.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Korea CDC), in addition to city governments, is without delay executing steps to avoid human infection of bird influenza, such as contact examinations on cats.
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The signs of the veterinary healthcare facility employees and defense location authorities have actually been validated, and there are no signs amongst the exposed individuals validated up until now.
In December 2016, extremely pathogenic bird influenza (H5N6 type) was validated in domestic cats, and there have actually been no cases of human infection to date.