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Pork Checkoff reports that Romania and the Philippines have so far reported the largest number of deaths related to African swine fever. In the latest Foreign Animal Disease Preparation Bulletin, Pork Checkoff discusses the latest outbreaks and also details the next country most likely to fall prey to the virus: Indonesia.
Losses due to African swine fever (ASF) continue to increase in 2019 and experts from Rabobank estimate that nearly 25 percent of the world’s pig herd (350 million head) could be gone by year’s end. Most recently, major ASF outbreaks in Romania and the Philippines have added to the costly total.
In a recent global ASF report from the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE), major losses were shown in Romania with 20,069 head and in the Philippines with 45,670 head. These losses represent the number of head killed by ASF or culled in infected farms or backyards only and not any depopulation efforts in control zones. This is OIE’s method of calculating global ASF losses moving forward.
Courtesy of thepigsite.com
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