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A macrophage (immune response) cell in early stages of infection with African swine fever virus, magnified about 1,000x. (Keith Weller photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

China’s cabinet sees ‘shortcomings’ in bid to contain swine fever

July 6, 2019

Beijing | Reuters — China has shown shortcomings in some aspects of preventing African swine fever, and the situation remains complicated and severe, the country’s cabinet said Wednesday. The management of transporting live hogs is not strict enough, while there is insufficient capacity in testing for African swine fever virus in hog slaughtering, processing and […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

No proof natural compound prevents swine fever, China ag ministry says

By Reuters June 13, 2019

Beijing | Reuters — China’s ministry of agriculture said on Thursday a company which claimed a natural compound was effective in preventing African swine fever did not have government approval to research the virus and its assertions were not scientifically sound. Shopping mall operator Guangdong Highsun Group was questioned by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange earlier […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

China faces long struggle to tackle African swine fever, OIE says

By Sybille de La Hamaide May 30, 2019

Paris | Reuters — It will take years for China to contain the deadly African swine fever virus that has spread throughout the country, which is the world’s biggest pork producer, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday. China has been struggling to control the epidemic, which some analysts predict could see […] Read more

An eight-year-old handler walks her best-in-class York Barrow pig on June 4, 2014 at World Pork Expo in Des Moines. (File photo: Reuters/Lane Hickenbottom)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Canada, U.S. plan trade zones for whenever swine fever hits

By GFM Staff May 25, 2019

Federal officials in Canada and the U.S. have agreed on zone defense, so to speak, to allow safe trade of hogs and pork products if African swine fever should turn up in hogs in either country. Canada’s chief veterinary officer Dr. Jaspinder Komal and U.S. CVO Dr. Jack Shere said Wednesday the two countries have […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

U.S. to begin testing sick and dead pigs for African swine fever

By Tom Polansek May 16, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture within weeks will begin testing sick and dead pigs for a hog virus that has killed herds across Asia in an effort to minimize devastation if the disease enters the United States, the agency said on Thursday. Increased testing aims to help U.S. officials detect cases […] Read more

Hogs, Reuters

China finds more cases of African swine fever on Hainan island

By Cate Cadell April 22, 2019

Beijing | Reuters – China has detected new cases of African swine fever in six farms across four locations in Hainan province, the agriculture ministry said on Sunday, adding to two earlier cases of the contagious disease identified in the province on Friday. The disease, which is fatal to pigs but harmless in humans, has […] Read more

A file photo of hog barns in winter. (SimplyCreativePhotography/iStock/Getty Images)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Swine fever in China poses risks, rewards for Canadian pork

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 20, 2019

MarketsFarm — Sharp losses in China’s hog herd due to African swine fever (ASF) are underpinning the North American pork market and could create export opportunities for Canada — if this country manages to stay disease-free. ASF does not affect humans, but the highly viral disease is nearly 100 per cent fatal for hogs with […] Read more

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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: African swine fever paralyzes futures

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm March 20, 2019

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s next crop report due out March 29, market experts are looking to headlines for direction in the Chicago futures. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin return to China next week, with the goal of hammering out a trade deal in weeks to […] Read more

Workers in protective suits disinfect a vehicle at a checkpoint on a road leading to a farm owned by Hebei Dawu Group where African swine fever was detected, in Xushui district of Baoding, Hebei province, China on Feb. 26, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Hallie Gu)

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Piles of pigs: Swine fever outbreaks go unreported in rural China

By Dominique Patton March 20, 2019

Baoding, China | Reuters — When pigs on the Xinda Husbandry breeding farm in northern China began dying in growing numbers in early January, it looked increasingly likely that the farm had been struck by the much feared African swine fever, an incurable disease that has spread rapidly across the country since last year. But […] Read more

A crenellated walkway on top of the Great Wall of China. (Cia.gov)

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

China moves to halt swine fever with hog industry overhaul

By Dominique Patton, Hallie Gu February 27, 2019

Beijing | Reuters — China plans to divide its hog industry into five zones in an attempt to halt the spread of African swine fever across the world’s top pork producer and guarantee supplies. Beijing has reported more than 100 outbreaks of the disease, which is fatal to pigs but not harmful to people, in […] Read more

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Tag Archives African swine fever

China’s cabinet sees ‘shortcomings’ in bid to contain swine fever

No proof natural compound prevents swine fever, China ag ministry says

China faces long struggle to tackle African swine fever, OIE says

Canada, U.S. plan trade zones for whenever swine fever hits

U.S. to begin testing sick and dead pigs for African swine fever

China finds more cases of African swine fever on Hainan island

Swine fever in China poses risks, rewards for Canadian pork

CBOT weekly outlook: African swine fever paralyzes futures

Piles of pigs: Swine fever outbreaks go unreported in rural China

China moves to halt swine fever with hog industry overhaul

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