MOSCOW, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Russia has reported an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) at a site of the country’s largest pork producer Miratorg in the Belgorod region in the central Russia, the agriculture safety watchdog said in a statement on Monday. Spread partly by wild boars, ASF is harmless to human beings but […] Read more
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China’s sow herd shrunk last month
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — China’s sow herd declined for the first time in nearly two years, contracting 0.5 percent in July from the previous month, state media said, after a plunge in hog prices pushed many farmers to get rid of unproductive sows. In year-on-year terms, however, it was still up 25 percent, according to […] Read more
Vaccines not best option for ASF
In the last three years, the African swine fever virus has killed millions of pigs and forced producers to cull tens of millions of pigs in China, Vietnam, Eastern Europe and elsewhere. In late July, the deadly virus was detected in the Dominican Republic; the first time it’s been in the Americas in four decades. […] Read more
African swine fever spreads in Dominican
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Reuters) — The Dominican Republic will slaughter tens of thousands of pigs after detecting outbreaks of African swine fever in 14 of the country’s 32 provinces, authorities said last week. Fernando Duran, administrator of the state-run Banco Agricola, told a news conference the government will pay pig farmers the market price […] Read more
ASF discovery is a terrible shock, but it may be needed
Why don’t we prepare for disasters even when we can see ourselves sailing toward the iceberg?That’s a psychological mystery we won’t resolve any time soon, but perhaps we can gain some relief from its flip-side: when we face a shock, we jump into action. The news that African swine fever has appeared in the Western […] Read more
Dominican Republic limits pig shipments, uses military to fight hog virus
July 29 (Reuters) – The Dominican Republic is halting pig shipments in two provinces and mobilizing the military to contain the deadly hog disease African swine fever, the country’s agriculture ministry said on Thursday. U.S. testing of 389 samples from pigs raised on farms and in backyards in the Dominican Republic indicate the contagious disease […] Read more
Mexico tightens inspections in ports, airports amid African swine fever in region
MEXICO CITY, July 29 (Reuters) – Mexico is working with pork producers to firm up sanitary measures and “epidemiological surveillance” following a confirmed case of African swine fever in the Dominican Republic, the Mexican Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday. Mexican officials will reinforce animal inspections at all ports, airports and border crossings, the ministry said […] Read more
Dominican Republic to kill thousands of pigs over swine fever outbreak
SANTO DOMINGO, Aug 2 (Reuters) – The Dominican Republic will slaughter tens of thousands of pigs after detecting outbreaks of African swine fever in 11 of the country’s 32 provinces, authorities said on Monday. Fernando Duran, administrator of the state-run Banco Agricola, told a news conference the government will pay pig farmers the market price […] Read more
African swine fever found in Dominican Republic
CHICAGO, Ill. (Reuters) — African swine fever has reached the Western Hemisphere. The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed yesterday that the deadly hog virus was found in samples from pigs in the Dominican Republic, fuelling concerns about the disease creeping closer to the North American mainland. The news prompted the Canada Border Services Agency to […] Read more
Observers report that China’s hog recovery has stalled
A resurgence of African swine fever in China has stalled the swine herd recovery that helped trigger the bull run in grain markets, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Swine numbers are not likely to rebound until at least mid-2021,” the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service stated in a recent report. And that is assuming […] Read more
