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While the number of officially reported African Swine Fever outbreaks in China the past few months has been unexpectedly - and some might say, suspiciously - low, today China's MOA has announced two new outbreaks.
Most notably, the first occurrence in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the far Northwest. and a return of the disease - after six weeks - to Yunnan Province.Two translated reports. First on the first outbreak in Xinjiang, which represents a westward jump of the disease in China of roughly 1,500 km.
African swine fever epidemic in the Midong district of Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Date: 2019-04-04 14:37 Author: Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Press Office
The Information Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was released on April 4, and an African swine fever epidemic occurred in the Midong District of Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
At 22:00 on April 3, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas received a report from the China Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, which was diagnosed by the China Center for Animal Health and Epidemiology, and an African swine fever epidemic occurred in a farming cooperative in the Midong District of Urumqi.
Up to now, the breeding cooperative has kept 200 pigs, 15 diseases and 15 deaths.
Immediately after the outbreak, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs sent a steering group to the local area. The local government has started the emergency response mechanism according to the requirements, and adopted measures such as blockade, culling, harmless treatment, disinfection, etc., to treat all the sick and culled pigs harmlessly. At the same time, all pigs and their products are prohibited from being transferred out of the blockade, and pigs are prohibited from being transported into the blockade. At present, the above measures have been implemented.
And from Yunnan Province, which had previously reported about a half dozen outbreaks, an cluster of at least 10 households.
African swine fever epidemic in Shangri-La, Yunnan Province
Date: 2019-04-04 16:53 Author: Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Press Office
The Information Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was released on April 4, and an African swine fever epidemic occurred in Shangri-La, Diqing Prefecture, Yunnan Province.
On April 4, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs received a report from the China Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, which was diagnosed by the Yunnan Provincial Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center. The 10 pig farmers in a village group in Shangri-La City had an African swine fever epidemic.
Up to now, 10 households have co-existed 301 pigs, with 196 cases and 105 deaths.
Immediately after the outbreak, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs sent a steering group to the local area. The local government has started the emergency response mechanism according to the requirements, and adopted measures such as blockade, culling, harmless treatment, disinfection, etc., to treat all the sick and culled pigs harmlessly. At the same time, all pigs and their products are prohibited from being transferred out of the blockade, and pigs are prohibited from being transported into the blockade. At present, the above measures have been implemented.
As mentioned above, there are reasons to believe that we're not getting the full story out of China (see Reuters report Piles of pigs: Swine fever outbreaks go unreported in rural China). Despite a relative dearth of official reports, we see almost daily reports of dead pigs (Google search `死猪') being dumped into rivers, or quietly disposed of, without an official finding of ASF.
There are, admittedly, a lot of pig diseases in China, including FMD, PED & PRRS - and other factors - such as cold snaps or contaminated feed - can cause high pig mortality.Nevertheless, there remains a high level of suspicion that ASF in China isn't as well controlled as the official reports would suggest.
