Page 22 of articles about African Swine Fever

ASF outbreaks in both wild boar and domestic pigs continue to increase each month and are exceeding 2020 levels.

In view of the worsening ASF situation in wild boar, the Slovak Ministry has decided to reduce the wild boar population.

A total of 33 countries in the Americas and the Caribbean agreed to join efforts to support the DR in implementing actions to control and eradicate African swine fever and prevent its spread.

The lifting of the Japanese embargo is particularly significant as Japan represents an important market for the Belgian pork sector.

Two farms have reported outbreaks of ASF so far in 2021 affecting a total of 13,124 susceptible animals.

So far three ASF outbreaks on pig farms have been reported in 2021.

OIE data show positive samples were found in backyard farms in April.

A total of 22 organizations from 18 Latin American countries have formed a continent-wide committee to prevent the entry of African swine fever into the region.

The authorities are going to intervene in the backyard farms in these provinces to prevent further spread of the disease.

Following the confirmation of African swine fever (ASF) positive pigs in the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Colombia have taken extreme sanitary measures to prevent the introduction of this serious disease.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory has confirmed African swine fever (ASF) in samples collected from pigs in the Dominican Republic through an existing cooperative surveillance program.