South Korea confirmed an additional case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) Thursday in the very city where the agriculture ministry and its quarantine center are located.
The latest case was confirmed at a pig farm in Sejong, the de facto administrative capital of the country.
All three pigs showing symptoms of the animal disease have been culled, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The farm is also banned from selling or removing any of its remaining 3,690 pigs.
FMD is a viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including cows, sheep and deer.
Since the latest outbreak was reported in early December, the animal disease has been confirmed at 38 farms, mostly in the central South and North Chungcheong provinces that are both adjacent to Sejong, 120 kilometers south of Seoul.
As of Wednesday, some 28,800 animals, mostly pigs, have been slaughtered, according to the ministry. (Yonhap)
