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ASF in Asia: One year on, close to 5 million pigs lost

Almost 5 million pigs in Asia have now died or been culled because of the spread of African swine fever (ASF), a contagious viral disease that affects pigs and that was first detected in Asia one year ago this month.

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ASF reaches Myanmar

African swine fever (ASF) continues spreading across Asia, and has now been confirmed in Myanmar, close to the border with the Chinese province of Yunnan.

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ASF in Serbia

Serbia reports African Swine Fever (ASF) for the first time in this country.

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Boosting biosecurity and border measures to control African swine fever in Asia

The OIE and FAO convened the 2nd meeting of the GFTADs Standing Group of Experts on the disease for Asia in Tokyo, Japan on 30-31 July 2019. The meeting aims to develop recommendations on biosecurity and border controls that can help curb the spread of ASF and its devastating consequences.

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CFIA officially documents Canada's historical freedom from ASF

The Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) for Canada, Dr. Jaspinder Komal, issued the following statement about an important step to communicate our preparedness for African swine fever (ASF):

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New UK border campaign warns of threat of African swine fever

Defra announces new poster campaign warning holidaymakers of the risks around bringing contaminated pork products into the UK.

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Image courtesy of Dr. James Young, Thermo Fisher Scientific.

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China approves Thermo Fisher Scientific’s African Swine Fever virus workflow to help limit spread of disease

The validation was conducted on a panel of 84 samples, primarily ASF virus field samples, as well as negative samples and others containing other viruses.

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ASF in Bulgaria: outbreaks surge in domestic pigs, three of them on large farms.

After almost a year without outbreaks in domestic pigs, 21 outbreaks have been confirmed in July, 3 of them on farms with 17,000; 30,000 and 40,000 animals.

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Poland confirms ASF on a farm with more than 9,000 pigs

Located in the voivodate of Varmia and Masuria, it is the greatest outbreak detected in Poland so far.

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Bulgaria will upgrade the National Animal Identification System

This year, Bulgaria will update and upgrade the National Information System for Registration, Identification, Tracking and Control of Animal Health Status - VetIS.

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African Swine Fever: Global swine professionals share experiences of this old-new friend

A group of swine professionals will describe their field experience and perspective gained while fighting against African Swine Fever.

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First emergence of ASF in Slovakia

Slovakia confirms, for the first time, ASF in its territory. The disease has affected pigs kept on backyard farms near the border with Hungary.

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The focus, with 17,000 susceptible animals, is located near the border with Romania.

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Bulgaria confirms the largest ASF outbreak on domestic pigs

The new confirmed outbreak, near the border with Romania, housed 17,000 susceptible animals.

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ASF simulation exercise in Mexico

More than 500 people will participate in the African Swine Fever (ASF) Mega-Drill in Mexico, including observers from the USA, Canada and Central America.

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