Avian Flu Diary: China MOA: Hunan Province Reports Another ASF Outbreak

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The Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture is found in the western part of Hunan Province, and consists of 1 city (Jishou) and 7 counties. It is located roughly 200 km west of the previous outbreaks reported in Hunan Province, and roughly 300 km south and east of yesterday's report from Chongqing.

Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Baojing County investigation and the African swine fever epidemic

Date: 2018-11-05 16:32 Author: Source: Agriculture and Rural Department of Public Information Office

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Press Office 11 Yue 5 release, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hunan Province Baojing County investigation and the African swine fever epidemic.

11 Yue 5 Ri 9 , the Ministry of agriculture and rural areas to the control center reported Chinese animal epidemic prevention, the China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center (National Center for Exotic Animal Disease Research) confirmed, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Baojing County farmers investigation and the African swine fever epidemic.

The farmers pig herds 119 head incidence of 11 head and died 4 headers.

After the outbreak, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural immediately sent a steering group to the local. Started as required by local emergency response mechanism, to take the blockade, culling measures to deal with harmless treatment, disinfection, culling of all pigs died and sound processing. At the same time, prohibiting all pigs and their products to bring up the blockade zone, prohibiting the transport of live pigs blockade zone. Currently the epidemic has been effectively disposed of.

Although it isn't entirely clear how African Swine Fever arrived in China, and exactly how it has been spread across half of their country in a matter of a couple of months, last week their MOA announced a series of Special Measures To Limit Spread Of African Swine Fever.

We also monitor the spread of ASF in Europe as well, and further spread there - and in Asia - seems inevitable (see FAO: African swine fever (ASF) threatens to spread from China to other Asian countries).