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The USDA wants sick pigs immediately reported so they can be tested for African swine fever. Photo: File

U.S. farmers, government fight risk of African swine fever

By Tom Polansek October 22, 2018

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. hog farmers are ramping up safety procedures and leaving animal-feed ingredients imported from China in storage in an attempt to keep out a highly contagious swine disease that is sweeping through Asia and Europe. U.S. government officials said in interviews on Friday they are also increasing their ability to test […] Read more

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China culls 200,000 pigs due to African swine fever – official

By Dominique Patton October 19, 2018

China | Reuters – China, the world’s top pork producer, has culled 200,000 pigs so far following outbreaks of highly contagious African swine fever in the country, a Chinese animal health official said on Friday. While that represents only a tiny portion of the nearly 700 million pigs slaughtered in China each year for sale as pork, restrictions […] Read more

The Belgian border near Lille in northern France. (Beeldbewerking/iStock/Getty Images)

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Fearful of swine fever, France to put up fence on Belgian border

By Reuters October 12, 2018

Strasbourg, France | Reuters — France will put up fencing along its border with Belgium to prevent wild boars spreading African swine fever, a virulent livestock disease that could disrupt Europe’s pig industry. France has been on alert for African swine fever since Belgium detected the virus last month among wild boars a few kilometres […] Read more

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China culls more pigs as authorities race to trace African swine fever source

By Hallie Gu, Josephine Mason August 24, 2018

Beijing | Reuters – China is culling over 1,300 pigs as authorities rush to control a fourth outbreak of African swine fever and try to trace the origins of the virus that first struck the world’s largest hog herd three weeks ago. Authorities in the eastern province of Zhejiang said they would slaughter 1,332 hogs […] Read more

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China reports 1st African swine fever outbreak, culls 1,000 hogs

By Hallie Gu, Josephine Mason August 3, 2018

Beijing | Reuters – China reported its first outbreak of the deadly African swine fever (ASF) on Friday, as authorities in Liaoning province in the country’s northeast culled almost 1,000 hogs and rushed to control the highly contagious disease. News of the infection will stoke concern about its spread in the world’s largest pig herd, and possibly […] Read more

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France says Russia to lift ban on live pigs, some pork products

By Reuters January 19, 2015

Paris | Reuters –– Russia’s veterinary services has agreed to lift a ban on French live pigs, offal and fat imposed a year ago after an outbreak of African swine fever in the east of the European Union, the French farm ministry said. Russia imposed the ban on EU pork products early in 2014 following […] Read more

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U.S. farmers, government fight risk of African swine fever

China culls 200,000 pigs due to African swine fever – official

Fearful of swine fever, France to put up fence on Belgian border

China culls more pigs as authorities race to trace African swine fever source

China reports 1st African swine fever outbreak, culls 1,000 hogs

France says Russia to lift ban on live pigs, some pork products

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