South Korea raises African Swine Fever alert after outbreak at pig farm

Seoul | Reuters — South Korea mentioned on Tuesday there had been an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) at a pig farm within the nation’s largest pig-breeding area, prompting authorities to boost the nationwide alert stage to “severe”.

WHY IT MATTERS: Previous outbreaks of African swine fever have devastated hog barns in Korea, China and different nations.

Some 1,423 pigs had been culled as a result of outbreak at a farm in Dangjin, South Chungcheong province, and authorities had been carefully monitoring for additional infections at round 140 associated farms, South Korea’s Agriculture Ministry mentioned in an announcement.

The ministry had additionally issued a 48-hour “standstill” order for all pig farms and different livestock amenities within the nation to curb the danger of additional unfold.

It was the sixth remoted outbreak of ASF in South Korea this 12 months, however the first time in South Chungcheong, which is the most important pig farm area within the nation and an space that had not seen a earlier outbreak, the ministry mentioned.

The ministry ordered all resources obtainable to be mobilized to forestall the unfold of ASF.

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