The agricultural ministry of China on Friday confirmed cases of African Swine Fever in piglets that were illegally transported to the southwestern city of Chongqing.
This was the first since the outbreak was reported back on July 25.
The
Chongqing Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center seized 70 piglets of
which two were dead and 14 were ill, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Affairs said in a statement.
As
part of the disease management and emergency response all the piglets were
seized and actions of disinfecting relevant places, roads, and transport
vehicles were carried out, the ministry said.
China
is known to be the world’s top pork consumer, with a target of making itself a
pork self-sufficiency rate of 95% as there are plans to rebuild its huge pig
herd after disruption due to the African Swine Fever epidemic.
The disease is known not to be dangerous to humans but fatal to pigs; but due to the big outbreak in China, parts of Asia, and Europe, there has been instantaneous changes in the flow of pork trade globally.
Importation
of porks from Germany has been banned by China and other Asian nations as a
result of the outbreak in Germany and this has led to increase in the prices
of Chinese pork.
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