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[davai!]

Just saw this on the CNN ticker in the US. here is the article:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/12/30/south.korea.disease/

edit: I see a previous thread about this from 4 weeks ago.

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=196223&highlight=foot+mouth

[balzor]

at least they can't blame the US for it again.

[bobbybigfoot]

Thanks for the link.

[runthegauntlet]

Did a 10km running race a week ago and we had to run over mats saturated with the disinfectant/whatever stuff in three different places. Then on the interstate they were spraying the buses.

It seems to be quite serious. Hope they get under it control quickly.

[tatertot]

[conrad2]

This story is karma, irony, and schadenfreude all wrapped into a nice package.

[definitely maybe]

Do any driving a fair clip outside of the major cities and you'll see spraying all over the place. Then again, that's usually during the spring, not the winter. I know that it's gotten pretty bad in Yangju lately, resulting in the deaths of a lot of cattle and pigs.

[ssmith]

In the papers Korea also has bird flu now. Two major economically devestating diseases at the sametime. Ouch.

[AsiaESLbound]

Is it filthy unsanitary high population density conditions causing these issues? If so, then why not clean it up and increase the animals living space. Like in Seoul for people, farms seem a bit too high population density. Nothing can be healthy and diseases propagate when population density resembles a sardine can.

[OculisOrbis]

Disposal of pigs: Buried alive.

http://happylog.naver.com/care/post/PostView.nhn?bbs_seq=15402&artcl_no=123461127991&scrapYn=N

[Reise-ohne-Ende]

This is kind of random, but...

The wiki article says hedgehogs are one of the few animals that are susceptible to the disease. I have a pet hedgehog. What are my chances of accidentally passing it to him - like would I have to have been infected farm, or is just walking through the streets of Busan and bumping into some random farmer enough? Also, what could I do to prevent transmission, and what symptoms would he develop?

I know this is a long shot, expecting anyone here to know, but if you do have any info it would put my mind at ease ^^