China fights again against swine fever that killed millions of pigs

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 ...