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While we haven't seen the 4 Liaoning Province African Swine Fever outbreaks reported to the OIE last Saturday posted on China's MOA website, today they have posted a short announcement on the 7th outbreak in Anhui province.
Tongling City, Anhui Province, Nghe An District, African swine fever outbreak occurred
Date: 2018-09-10 21:15 Author: Source: Agriculture and Rural Department of Public Information Office
The Information Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was released on September 10, and a pig swine epidemic was confirmed in Yi'an District, Tongling City, Anhui Province.
On September 10, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs received a report from the China Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center and was diagnosed by the China Center for Animal Health and Epidemiology (National Center for Animal Disease Research). African pigs occurred in a farm in Yi'an District, Tongling City, Anhui Province. According to the epidemic situation, the farm has 219 pigs, 63 diseases and 23 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 as required, 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 live pigs and susceptible animals and products are prohibited from entering or leaving the blockade. At present, the above epidemic has been effectively disposed of.
This is the first update on the MOA site since Sept 6th.
