May 29, 2020
When horses suddenly started dying in Thailand as the nation locked down to stem the spread of COVID-19, researchers feared the cause was another deadly bat-borne virus that could kill humans. “We had no idea what was causing it,” said …
December 31, 2019
German hunting dogs are being trained to sniff out dead wild boar, authorities are stockpiling electric fences along the eastern frontier and the government in Berlin is urging drivers not to toss ham-sandwich scraps out of their car windows. These …
October 31, 2019
African swine fever will spread further across Asia where it has devastated herds, and no country is immune from being hit by the deadly animal virus, the head of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday. The …
October 15, 2019
Australia banned a traveler from visiting for three years after she failed to declare her suitcase was loaded with food, including products that risk introducing a pig-killing virus. The 44-year-old woman, who arrived at Sydney airport Saturday, was sent back …
October 1, 2019
The Philippines’ Department of Agriculture on Tuesday threatened legal action against hog traders ignoring strict animal quarantine rules as it confirmed new cases of African swine fever infections in metropolitan Manila and a northern province. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said …
September 20, 2019
Blood samples from pigs in backyard farms in the Philippine capital Manila tested positive for African swine fever, the Department of Agriculture said on Friday, less than two weeks after it declared the country’s first outbreak of the disease. The …
August 28, 2019
A deadly pig virus is spreading further in eastern Europe as the region struggles to contain a long-running outbreak of the disease. Serbia has reported its first suspected cases of African swine fever, just weeks after Slovakia said it had …
August 12, 2019
The European Union faces an urgent challenge in tackling an outbreak of African swine fever which threatens Bulgaria’s pig breeding industry, a Commission spokeswoman said on Thursday. Ten EU nations are currently affected by African swine fever, with particularly bad …
July 25, 2019
Bulgaria has detected another outbreak of African swine fever at a pig breeding farm near the north eastern city of Ruse, after the deadly virus was discovered earlier this month, the food safety agency said on Wednesday. That was the …
July 19, 2019
The Philippines restricted pork imports from Germany, citing concerns about food safety in one of the world’s major shippers, as Asian countries battle to stop a deadly pig virus spreading. From July 2, the Philippines temporarily banned pork from German …