China fights again against swine fever that killed millions of pigs

Published 2023년 3월 20일

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China is grappling with outbreaks of African swine fever, with 18 of its regions already experiencing new cases, including Liaoning, Shandong, Hebei, and Shanxi. The disease, which can have a 100% mortality rate among pigs, has no effective vaccine and is highly contagious. The disease had previously resulted in the loss of over 130 million pigs in China between 2017 and 2019. The current outbreak is predicted to drop China's pork production by 8-15%, leading to potential price increases for the world's leading producer and consumer of pork.

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Several areas of China are again facing outbreaks of African swine fever, a disease that can reach up to 100% mortality rate among pigs and that between mid-2018 and 2019 killed tens of millions of them. animals in the country. According to the local news portal Sohu, 18 of the country's 31 regions have already experienced new cases of this disease, with particular incidence in Liaoning (northeast), Shandong (east), Hebei (north) and Shanxi ( north). According to the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), there is still no effective vaccine against the virus, and the aforementioned medium points out that the one being developed in China would not be ready until, at least, October of this year. African swine fever is a highly contagious hemorrhagic disease that can kill pigs and wild boars two to 10 days after they contract it. Although official data on the disease are scarce in China, estimates are made Two by EFE based on government data showed that, between the end of 2017 ...

Source: Agrodiario