Don't play! In addition to THAAD, there is also avian influenza in South Korea. As a highly infectious disease, avian influenza has a great threat to the life safety of human beings and poultry. So what channel does avian influenza spread? What symptoms will appear after being infected?
According to South Korean media reports, South Korea finally confirmed on June 5 that the bird flu, which began to spread to the whole country from Wuji farm in Qunshan, quanluobei Road, South Korea, is a highly lethal and pathogenic bird flu virus for poultry such as chickens and ducks. South Korea's Ministry of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and food said on the same day that it initially carried out a precision inspection on a farm in Jeju City where suspected cases were reported on June 2, indicating that the virus was h5n8 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus.
Avian influenza is an acute infectious disease caused by avian influenza virus, which can also infect human beings. The main symptoms of human infection are high fever, cough, runny nose, muscle pain, etc. at present, it is mainly manifested as severe pneumonia of unknown cause with high mortality.
What are the main routes of transmission of avian influenza?
(1) faeces are the main channel of avian influenza transmission. The disease can be spread through digestive tract, respiratory tract, skin damage, conjunctiva and other ways. The traffic between people and vehicles is an important factor in the spread of the disease.
(2) the isolated influenza virus in the feces of sick chickens will spread in the air and be taken away by the wind. Chickens are also at risk of human virus.
(3) no matter what kind of sick chicken people are exposed to, they are also at risk. Only a small number of infected poultry can survive, and those who survive will excrete feces containing the virus for at least 10 days.