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Four days ago Xinjiang Uygur reported their first outbreak of ASF at a farming cooperative in the Midong District of Urumqi. Today, they report a second outbreak Kashgar - and while it is in the same province - it is more than 1000 km to the southwest of the first outbreak.
African swine fever epidemic in Yecheng County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Date: 2019-04-08 18:53 Author: Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Press Office
The Information Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was released on April 8, and an African swine fever epidemic occurred in Yecheng County, Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
At 21:00 on April 7, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Areas received a report from the China Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, which was diagnosed by the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center, and an African swine fever epidemic occurred in a pig farm in Yecheng County. Up to now, the pig farm has 341 live pigs, with 39 diseases and 39 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.
