Source:  PORK BUSINESS, 1/14/19


New outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) hit the world’s largest hog herd over the weekend in northwest and eastern China.  China’s agriculture ministry reported an outbreak Sunday on a farm with 109 live pigs in Qingyang city in Gansu province in northwest China, infecting 44 of the animals and killing nine. Officials also reported ASF in Jiangsu province in eastern China on Saturday. The Siyang county outbreak hit two farms with a total of 68,969 pigs...

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