By Reuters  September 3, 2018 | 10:30 am GMT+7 Piglets are seen by a sow at a pig farm in Zhoukou, Henan province, China June 3, 2018. Picture taken June 3, 2018. Photo by Reuters/Stringer China culled more than 38,000 hogs as of Sept. 1 due to African swine fever outbreaks, the agriculture ministry said on Sunday. China, where pork is a staple meat, has reported five swine fever cases in five different provinces in a month, prompting authorities to cull hogs to contain the outbreak. Epidemic culling and harmless treatment has basically finished in Liaoning, Henan, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, where a total of 37,271 hogs were culled, while another 1,264 hogs were put down by Saturday in Anhui province. Live hogs from provinces with outbreaks are banned from being transported outside and live hog markets in those provinces will be shut, the ministry said. Live hogs from unaffected provinces cannot be transported through infected provinces, it added. The … [Read more...] about China says has culled over 38,000 hogs due to African swine fever
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Vietnam takes action on African swine fever
The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development asked localities to monitor local pig farms and take samples for testing immediately if they notice any strange symptoms. — Photo danviet.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has urged collaboration including stronger monitoring and preparedness measures to prevent African swine fever from spreading to Việt Nam. In an urgent message sent to leaders of People’s Committees of cities and provinces, relevant agencies, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường requested them to adopt preventive measures against the disease. The Department of Animal Health was assigned to work with international organisations such as the Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to catch up with the progress of the disease and collaborate with them on dealing with it. … [Read more...] about Vietnam takes action on African swine fever
Vietnam urgently adopts preventive measures against African swine fever
The Ministry said that as per a warning of the World Organization for Animal Health, China reported its first outbreak of the deadly African swine fever (ASF) on August 1 in Liaoning province. Total four outbreaks of the fever had been reported in China with nearly 10,000 pigs from farms being killed and disposed of from August 1 to 25. Worse, since the end of 2017, China, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Latvia, Moldova , Czech Republic , Romani, Finland and Zambia reported outbreaks of the pandemic. African swine fever (ASF) is arguably the most dangerous swine disease worldwide. ASF virus (ASFV) is highly virulent for domestic swine and remains a global threat because no effective vaccine is available to eradicate the disease. Because there has been no vaccine against the disease, accordingly, the Ministry said preventive measures must be placed on top priority as well as handling outbreaks in small area. Moreover, many countries have took strict control on quarantines , transportation … [Read more...] about Vietnam urgently adopts preventive measures against African swine fever
Vietnam takes preventive measures against African swine fever
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has called for measures to prevent the African swine fever from spreading to Vietnam. illustrative image According to the World Organisation for Animal Health, the first African swine fever case was detected in China on August 1. By August 25, four outbreaks had occurred with 10,000 pigs were killed. Since late 2017, African swine fever has been detected in 12 countries including China, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Finland and South Africa. This is a highly contagious disease and the fatality rate is 100%. The virus is resilient as a treated pig can still fall ill again. There is no definite cure and medicine for the fever yet. In order to prevent African swine fever from spreading to Vietnam via smuggled pigs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has sent official documents to the Ministry of Information and Communication, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of … [Read more...] about Vietnam takes preventive measures against African swine fever
Outbreak of African swine fever may spread to Southeast Asia: FAO
Illustrative image. (Source: AFP/VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The rapid onset of the African swine fever (ASF) in China may spread to neighbouring countries in Southeast Asia and the Korean peninsula, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warned on August 28. Last month, the deadly pig virus was detected in four different localities of China. The FAO said that the distances between each outbreak, which is up to 1,000km, highlighted the danger of the virus spreading to other Asian countries. Although the disease poses no direct threat to human health, outbreaks are likely to leave devastating impacts on China’s husbandry sector. China is a major pig producing country and accounts for approximately half of the global pig population. There are no effective vaccines to protect pigs from the disease. Chinese authorities have culled over 24,000 pigs in the four provinces to limit further spreading, according to FAO. China reported its first case of the disease in … [Read more...] about Outbreak of African swine fever may spread to Southeast Asia: FAO