Bulgaria: Deadly swine fever is a growing threat to the world's second-largest pork producer

The Western Hemisphere recorded the first outbreak of African swine fever in almost 40 years in late July on pig farms in the Dominican Republic. The deadly disease was also found in Haiti. The world's second-largest pork producer, the United States, will try to prevent the disease and save its $ 7.7 billion pork export industry. That is why the authorities are so worried. "It's not just a problem in Puerto Rico. It's a problem for the whole of the United States," said Ramon Gonzalez, the island's agriculture minister. African swine fever (ASF) is a deadly viral disease that kills an animal within 10 days. "This is probably the worst disease in pigs," said Liz Wagstrom, chief veterinarian at the National Pork Council, an industrial group representing 60,000 American pork producers. The deadly African swine fever that threatens the world's food security The virus proves to be extremely difficult to control What makes ASF so difficult to fight is that it is difficult to eradicate ...