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Jiangsu Province reports outbreak of African swine fever
BEIJING, Aug 19, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – An outbreak of African swine fever
has been discovered at a farm in the city of Lianyungang, east China’s
Jiangsu Province, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said Sunday.
The farm in Haizhou District has reported 615 infected pigs and 88 have
died after deaths began to be registered on Aug. 15, the ministry said in an
online statement.
The agricultural ministry has sent teams to Jiangsu, where local
authorities have initiated an emergency response mechanism to block, cull,
and disinfect the affected pigs.
The situation is under control, said the ministry.
Earlier this month, an outbreak of African swine fever was discovered in a
farm in Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province. It was
China’s first outbreak of the disease.
African swine fever is a highly contagious, viral disease that infects
pigs. It does not affect humans or other animal species.
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