Bulgaria Fights Spread of African Swine Fever July 18, 2019 Bulgaria has stepped up measures to prevent the spread of deadly African swine fever and protect the country’s 600-million lev...
China’s Pig Farms Tighten Biosecurity to Beat African Swine Fever July 16, 2019 By Dominique Patton A devastating outbreak of African swine fever that has killed millions of pigs in China is changing attitudes in a...
China’s Swine Fever Losses May Be Twice as High as Officially Reported July 1, 2019 By Dominique Patton and Hallie Gu As many as half of China’s breeding pigs have either died from African swine fever or been slaughtered because of...
Vietnam Culls More Than 2.5M Pigs to Contain Deadly African Swine Fever: Officials June 19, 2019 Vietnam has culled more than 2.5 million pigs to contain the spread of an African swine fever outbreak that is...
S. Korea Scrambles to Stop Spread of African Swine Fever After N. Korea Outbreak June 5, 2019 By Kim Tong-Hyung South Korea said Friday that it is scrambling to prevent the spread of the highly contagious African swine fever on...
Deadly African Swine Fever Now `Endemic’ in Two Regions of China: UN May 24, 2019 By Jason Gale China’s attempts to control African swine fever have been insufficient to stem further spread of the disease, with the deadly...
Thailand Intensifies Efforts to Stop ‘Pig Ebola’ from Crossing Border May 20, 2019 By Siraphob Thanthong-Knight and Anuchit Nguyen Thailand, one of Asia’s top pork producers, is intensifying efforts to hold off a lethal pig virus that’s causing havoc...
Vietnam Culls More Than 1 Million Pigs as African Swine Fever Spreads Rapidly May 13, 2019 Vietnam has culled more than 1.2 million farmed pigs infected with African swine fever, the government said on Monday, as...
Deadly African Swine Virus Sends Shock Waves Through Global Food Chain May 3, 2019 By Dan Murtaugh and Enda Curran What started with a few dozen dead pigs in northeastern China is sending shock waves through the global food chain....
China’s Swine Virus Epidemic Should Be a Global Concern: Opinion April 25, 2019 By Adam Minter, Bloomberg Opinion It’s a familiar and ominous story. A deadly pathogen with no known cure begins spreading in China. Rather than acknowledge...