China: Hebi City, Henan Province successfully completed the on-site collection and cooperation of African swine fever risk monitoring samples in Henan Province

In order to timely assess the risk of African swine fever in pig slaughterhouses and other risk sites in Henan Province, from February 20 to 21, Hebi City actively cooperated with the expert group of the Provincial Epidemic Control Center to complete the on-site collection of African swine fever risk monitoring samples. For this on-site sample collection, 91 samples were randomly selected from 4 farms (factories) including pig slaughterhouses, decontamination centers, harmless treatment plants, and farmers' markets from Jun County and Qi County, Hebi City. In one place, they also exchanged face-to-face with the person in charge of the company and technical personnel on the market conditions, existing problems, countermeasures, and key points of prevention and control of major animal diseases such as African swine fever. This is the first time that the provincial expert team has come to Hebi City after the ...