ASF continues its steady, all-encompassing spread across Asia. While U.S. pork production differs significantly from Asia’s industry, Juan LuBroth shares lessons about this virus from other countries’ experiences.
As the outbreaks of African swine fever trickle in, countries around the world are changing their practices to fight off this deadly enemy that’s wreaking havoc on the global pork outlook.
Five cases of African swine fever were recently discovered in wild boar carcasses near Budapest, Hungary’s national food safety authority Nebih reported.
No country is immune from being struck by the deadly African swine fever (ASF) virus. To date, ASF has been found in 50 countries, has killed millions of pigs and taken a toll on the global meat and feed markets.
Much has been written about African swine fever, but here are some facts that stress the seriousness of the disease, and why it needs to stay out of the United States.
Pork industry leaders engaged in an interactive, scenario-based workshop at the Pig Welfare Symposium to better understand the reasons, options and ramifications of managing stop movements in the pork industry.
The World Organization for Animal Health launched a global initiative, to be coordinated with the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), to try to keep the deadly African swine fever virus in check.
The USDA announced measures Wednesday to prevent the spread of African swine fever to the U.S. The risk of ASF is growing as outbreaks continue throughout China and other parts of Asia.
