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“We will do our best to prevent the spread of ASF”

Published Jan 22, 2025

Tridge summary

The article addresses the persistent issue of African swine fever (ASF) in Korea's pig farming sector, noting an increase in cases since 2019 despite a reduction in culling numbers from 110,000 in 2023 to 50,000 the previous year. The Gyeongbuk region is particularly affected, prompting the formation of a 'Public-Private-Academic Joint Quarantine Countermeasure Committee' by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korea Pork Producers Association. This committee, led by the Director of the Quarantine Policy Bureau and the Chairman of the Korea Pork Producers Association, comprises around 30 experts focused on preventing ASF and other diseases like foot-and-mouth disease and porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED).
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Original content

There is no disagreement that the biggest concern in the pig farming industry this year will be preventing the spread of African swine fever (ASF). According to the Korea Rural Economic Institute, ASF was first reported in Korea in 2019, and a total of 49 cases have been confirmed, including 21 cases in 2019-2021, 7 cases in 2022, 10 cases in 2023, and 11 cases last year. In particular, the anxiety that there is no safe zone for ASF increased when the Yeongdeok pig farm was breached for the first time in the Gyeongbuk region on January 16 last year. Then, on June 15, a pig farm in Yeongcheon, Gyeongbuk, raising 25,000 pigs was confirmed, recording the largest amount of damage ever. Last year, Gyeonggi and Gangwon each had 3 cases, but Gyeongbuk recorded a larger number of cases, 5 cases. However, the overall damage is decreasing. The culling scale in 2023 was 110,000, but last year it decreased by more than half to 50,000. Last year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and ...
Source: Nongmin
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