South Korea on Wednesday confirmed two additional cases of African swine fever at pig farms in Paju, a town near its border with North Korea, the country’s agriculture ministry said, bringing its total number of cases of the disease to eleven.
China vice premier urges hog production recovery amid swine fever
September 7, 2019By
Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua has urged the country’s main hog production areas to step up efforts to stabilize and recover production, state news agency Xinhua reported, amid a highly damaging outbreak of African swine fever.
China bans pig imports from Slovakia due to African swine fever
August 7, 2019By
China has banned imports of pigs, wild boars and related products from Slovakia to prevent the spread of African swine fever from the European country, China’s customs said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh struggles with worst outbreak of dengue fever
August 2, 2019By
Bangladesh is grappling with its worst outbreak of dengue fever, with hospitals packed with patients as the disease spreads rapidly in the densely-populated country.
China reports new African swine fever outbreak in Sichuan province
July 17, 2019By
China’s agriculture ministry on Wednesday said a new outbreak of African swine fever had been confirmed in Sichuan province in the southwest of the country.
Vietnam swine fever cull surges, 1.7 million pigs dead
May 27, 2019By
Vietnam culled a further 500,000 pigs over the past two weeks to tackle an oubreak of African swine fever, taking the total killed so far to 1.7 million, or 5% of the country’s herd, the agriculture ministry said on Monday.
China reports African swine fever outbreak in Ningxia region
January 21, 2019By
China’s agriculture ministry on Sunday reported a new African swine fever outbreak in the northwestern region of Ningxia.
New African swine fever outbreak reported in China’s Guangzhou
December 23, 2018By
– China’s agriculture ministry on Sunday reported a new outbreak of African swine fever on a farm in the southern city of Guangzhou, which has killed nine of 6,027 pigs.
China confirms African swine fever in top pig region Sichuan
November 16, 2018By
China’s agricultural ministry confirmed on Friday the first outbreak of deadly African swine fever in the southwest province of Sichuan, the country’s top pig-producing region, raising the likelihood of a major impact to pork supplies in coming months.
China mandates more labs to conduct African swine fever tests
October 26, 2018By
China will mandate more laboratories to conduct African swine fever virus tests, the country’s agriculture ministry said on Friday.
