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African Swine fever was first reported in Hunan Province - which is one of the top 5 pork producing regions in China (cite) - almost a month ago (see China MOA: ASF Reaches Hunan Province (Yiyang City & Changde City).
Since then we've seen about 1 outbreak a week reported out of Hunan (see OIE Update #4). We are, however, seeing delays in reporting - with Hunan's first outbreak reportedly starting in late September - but not being confirmed and reported for nearly a month.Today, the MOA is reporting what appears to be Hunan's 7th outbreak, in Huaihua City, which was the site of an outbreak at the end of October.
The detection of African swine fever in Hecheng District, Huaihua City, Hunan Province
Date: 2018-11-21 11:06 Author: Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Press Office
The Information Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was released on November 21, and the Hefei District of Huaihua City, Hunan Province, detected the African swine fever epidemic.
At 19:00 on November 20, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas 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).
A farmer in Hecheng District, Huaihua City, Hunan Province African swine fever. Up to now, the farmer has kept 73 live pigs, with 61 diseases and 55 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 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.
While ASF doesn't pose a direct health risk to humans, it is a serious threat to the pig industry - and with no vaccine available - the only way to control it is to cull all of the pigs that may have been exposed.
Meanwhile, ASF continues to make inroads in Europe, and further spread there and in Asia seems inevitable (see FAO: African swine fever (ASF) threatens to spread from China to other Asian countries).
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