Poultry slaughter

Quarantine officials cull about 193,000 birds from a poultry farm in Yeoju, Gyeonggi, on Monday after the farm owner reported that a highly pathogenic avian influenza was suspected to be the cause of deaths of 1,000 chickens on Sunday. Results of testing to determine whether it was a highly pathogenic avian influenza are expected to come out Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning. [YONHAP]
Quarantine officials cull about 193,000 birds from a poultry farm in Yeoju, Gyeonggi, on Monday after the farm owner reported that a highly pathogenic avian influenza was suspected to be the cause of deaths of 1,000 chickens on Sunday. Results of testing to determine whether it was a highly pathogenic avian influenza are expected to come out Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning.