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Korea’s Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency (QIA) is currently hosting the 3rd Workshop on Diagnosis of Animal Diseases for Asian Countries and has invited the related animal disease control agencies from 11 Asian countries to come to Seoul.
This year’s workshop, scheduled from June 9 to June 20, is being attended by 22 experts from eight ASEAN member countries -- Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines -- as well as from Nepal, Mongolia and Taiwan. The QIA has been hosting the annual workshop since 2012, having so far invited nearly 60 experts from across Asia.
Workshop participants will share diagnosis technology for the five major animal diseases specified by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), as well as other major diseases, such as foot and mouth disease, avian influenza, bovine tuberculosis and others. They will also share information about the current status and development of animal disease epidemics. For this year’s workshop, Korea will share its latest information on H5N8, a highly pathological strain of avian influenza that hit the country earlier this year.
As a country that has been operating an OIE Reference Laboratory, Korea’s quarantine authorities have been sharing their know-how about diagnosis technology for the major animal diseases with its Asian neighbors. The five OIE-specified diseases are brucella, rabies, New Castle disease, the mule deer chronic wasting disease and Japanese encephalitis.
QIA researcher Lee Yun-hee said, “Many participants highly value the appropriateness of the content and information of the workshop. They say both the educational and practical programs are very useful as they go about their duties. We reviewed the requests from previous years' participants and for this year’s workshop we decided to provide more time for analysis and discussions after conducting animal disease experiments, and to schedule a field trip to an animal disease medicine factory, an activity which was not included in last year’s program.”
“This workshop will greatly contribute to raising quarantine capabilities and boosting cooperation between participating countries. It will also help the prevention of animal diseases from flowing across international borders,” said the QIA.
By Yoon Sojung
Korea.net Staff Writer
arete@korea.kr
This year’s workshop, scheduled from June 9 to June 20, is being attended by 22 experts from eight ASEAN member countries -- Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines -- as well as from Nepal, Mongolia and Taiwan. The QIA has been hosting the annual workshop since 2012, having so far invited nearly 60 experts from across Asia.
Experts from 11 Asian countries engage in group experiments as part of the workshop's program. (photos courtesy of the QIA)
Workshop participants will share diagnosis technology for the five major animal diseases specified by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), as well as other major diseases, such as foot and mouth disease, avian influenza, bovine tuberculosis and others. They will also share information about the current status and development of animal disease epidemics. For this year’s workshop, Korea will share its latest information on H5N8, a highly pathological strain of avian influenza that hit the country earlier this year.
As a country that has been operating an OIE Reference Laboratory, Korea’s quarantine authorities have been sharing their know-how about diagnosis technology for the major animal diseases with its Asian neighbors. The five OIE-specified diseases are brucella, rabies, New Castle disease, the mule deer chronic wasting disease and Japanese encephalitis.
Experts on animal disease from 11 Asian countries engage in a discussion during the workshop. (photo courtesy of the QIA)
QIA researcher Lee Yun-hee said, “Many participants highly value the appropriateness of the content and information of the workshop. They say both the educational and practical programs are very useful as they go about their duties. We reviewed the requests from previous years' participants and for this year’s workshop we decided to provide more time for analysis and discussions after conducting animal disease experiments, and to schedule a field trip to an animal disease medicine factory, an activity which was not included in last year’s program.”
“This workshop will greatly contribute to raising quarantine capabilities and boosting cooperation between participating countries. It will also help the prevention of animal diseases from flowing across international borders,” said the QIA.
By Yoon Sojung
Korea.net Staff Writer
arete@korea.kr
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