Impact of ASF in China on pork exporting countries: many balls in the air
Pork supply, pork consumption and purchasing power in China, US and China trade war and globalism are some of the balls in play and many more are to come.
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Denmark has decided to avoid the entry of ASF
Besides intensifying wild boar hunting, Denmark has started to build a fence along the Danish-German border.
Thailand seizes ASF-contaminated pork products from China
The tests were conducted on salami and sausages confiscated from a man who flew from Chengdu.
Chile starts a preventive campaign against African swine fever
The ASPROCER and SAG have launched a campaign to avoid the entry of meat products, thus avoiding the possible entry of diseases such as African swine fever.
Rabobank: Another uncertain year for global pork market
As 2019 gets underway, we see another year full of potential in global pork, with growth in production and demand in many parts of the world. Yet this is overshadowed by the uncertainty created by complex disease and trade issues, as can be read in the just-released RaboResearch report ‘Pork Quarterly Q1 2019: Another Uncertain Year – With More Complex Disease and Trade Issues’.
ASF France: details of the preventive measures
The new preventive measures against ASF, announced on January 14th by the Minister of Agriculture and Food, have been specified.
ASF spreads through Mongolia
The disease has already been confirmed in 4 different provinces and in a district of the capital.
Belgium extends some measures for fighting ASF
The measures regarding the ban on the circulation in the forests located in the buffer and core areas have been extended.
France will create a wild boar-free 'white area' to avoid the entrance of ASF
A 'white area' with a radius of a few kilometres around the cases in Belgium and where all the wild boars will be culled will be set up.
Australia: African Swine Fever has been detected in banned pork products
Australia’s strict biosecurity authorities have detected African Swine Fever (ASF) at international border banned pork products, a disease that has proven devastating for the pork industry across China recently.
ASF – Poland as the second stop in the series of European biosecurity conferences
Following the first well attended event in Romania last November, yesterday, Copa Cogeca and UECBV organised a second workshop on Biosecurity in Puławy, Poland.
First ASF case in Mongolia
African swine fever has been detected in Mongolia for the first time and has affected pigs on a backyard farm.
ASF Belgium: the perimeters of the buffer and surveillance areas have been established
The buffer area grows towards the west by 3,700 ha, and the surveillance area, to the north of the infected perimeter, reaches 856 ha.
China: 24 provinces affected by ASF
Gansu, new province affected by African swine fever (ASF).
Poland: Hunting of wild boars to counteract the spread of ASF
Coordinated hunts are to be performed on Saturdays and Sundays, at the time when classical group hunts are performed and are designed to counteract the spread of ASF to the west of Poland.
FAO develops African Swine fever leaflets
These leaflets have been developed in a fully editable format (PowerPoint) that allows veterinary services and other institutions to quickly adapt, translate, add logos, change pictures, etc. when faced with an animal health emergency.