BEIJING: The number of fresh outbreaks of African swine fever in China has dropped significantly this year and pig production is gradually ...
BEIJING: The number of fresh outbreaks of African swine fever in China has dropped significantly this year and pig production is gradually returning to normal, its vice agriculture minister said, amid recent reports underscoring the threat of the disease.
That brings the total number of cases China has reported so far to 143, with 1.16 million pigs culled, Yu told reporters at a briefing on Thursday. Reuters reported this week that as many as half of China's breeding pigs have died from African swine fever or been slaughtered because of the spreading disease, twice as many as had been officially acknowledged.Yu said the government had a"zero tolerance policy" on not reporting outbreaks of the disease, adding that such cases would be severely punished.
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