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FMD, Bird Flu Continue Spreading in S. Korea
Pyongyang, February 9 (KCNA) -- Foot-and-mouth disease and bird flu continue spreading in south Korea.

Cattle infected with foot-and-mouth disease were found in a farmhouse in Jechon, North Chungchong Province on February 6 and pigs were infected with foot-and-mouth disease in Cheonan, South Chungchong Province.

The disease broke out in Hongsong, South Chungchong Province on February 7.

Hongsong was hit hard by the disease in 2011 and at that time more than 50,000 pigs were buried.

A migratory bird was found infected with bird flu in Songdong District, Seoul on Feb. 6.

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