17 December 2010
As part of a continuous avian influenza surveillance programme, samples (faeces, laryngo-pharyngeal swab) were collected from a poultry farm on 7 December. HA test result in Chungcheongnam-do Veterinary Research Institute was positive on 16 December. The National Veterinary Research & Quarantine Service found avian influenza antigen (H7) by PCR on 16 December and confirmed it as low pathogenic avian influenza virus (H7N2) by gene sequencing on 17 December.
Ducks and chickens in the farm were culled on 16 December. There is no other poultry farm within the area of 500m radius from the farm.