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Tens of thousands of pigs have died from African swine fever in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, officials said Thursday, the first time the virus has been detected in the country. The disease has devastated swine herds in China and elsewhere…
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…
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…
Indonesia’s agriculture ministry official says the country has confirmed the first outbreak of African swine fever after laboratory tests on thousands of dead pigs in the northern province of Sumatra this week. More than 4,000 pigs have died after a…
It is estimated the disease has already wiped out 25 per cent of the world’s pig population. According to Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, there have been 100 reported outbreaks of African swine fever in smallholder pig farms in…
South Korea on Wednesday confirmed two additional cases of African swine fever near its border with North Korea despite heightened efforts to contain the epidemic that has wiped out pig populations across Asia. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural…
Whole pig farms had to be killed due to the suspicion of African swine fever, but the information provided to pig keepers is incomplete. On Monday afternoon, we received an answer from the National Food Chain Safety Authority (Nebih) asking…
The Philippines has reported its first cases of African swine fever, becoming the latest country hit by the disease that has killed pigs from Slovakia to China, pushing up pork prices worldwide. The virus is not harmful to humans but…
Vietnam has culled about 4.7 million pigs to contain an outbreak of African swine fever that has spread to all 63 provinces in the Southeast Asian country, an official said on Friday. The disease first detected in February has been…
African swine fever has wiped out a third of China’s pig population. Now government officials are discussing dramatic steps to stabilize the world’s largest pork market. Pork is a huge deal in China. The country is home to half of…
