According to a report on November 15, the Pingtung County Animal Epidemic Prevention Institute announced on the 15th that it had discovered an outbreak of avian influenza. It confirmed the presence of H5N2 subtype highly pathogenic avian influenza during inspections at a meat duck farm in Gaoshu Township, and started epidemic prevention according to standard operating procedures. Mechanism, culling 1350 34-day-old meat ducks.

Poultry stalls in the island market (issued by Xinhua News Agency)
The Pingtung County Animal Epidemic Prevention Institute issued a news release on the 15th that in order to control the bird flu in ducks , Personnel have been sent to the farm for sampling and monitoring. In addition to completing the culling operation, they also supervised the industry to complete the cleaning and disinfection of the farm. In addition, the Animal Epidemic Prevention Institute has simultaneously started the monitoring and sampling of poultry farms within a radius of 1 kilometer of the duck farm to confirm the health status of poultry in surrounding poultry farms and virus-free activities.
The animal epidemic prevention institute stated that it is the season of high incidence of avian influenza. Recently, highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemics have been frequently reported in the world. Most ducks infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza virus have no clinical symptoms. Most of the current cases have been detected through sampling and monitoring. The Animal Epidemic Prevention Institute will strengthen bird flu monitoring and sampling, visits to poultry farms, and surrounding disinfection work. It reminds operators that if they find any abnormal symptoms or death of poultry in the farm, they must not only actively report it, but also cooperate with the inspection measures of the epidemic prevention agency. Early detection of suspected cases and immediate treatment to prevent the spread of the epidemic.
In addition, the Animal Epidemic Prevention Institute also appeals to poultry farmers to strengthen non-open breeding to avoid the spread of wild birds carrying the virus, and implement measures such as access control management and site cleaning and disinfection to reduce the chance of bird flu transmission.