On March 24, 280 live pigs died in an outbreak of African swine fever at a farm in Yining, Yili Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. This is the seventh African swine fever Epidemic officially notified by the Chinese Communist Party since this year.
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Communist Party of China issued a notice on the 24th that it received a report from the China Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center that an outbreak of African swine fever had occurred in a pig farm in Yining City, Yili Prefecture. At the Time of the epidemic, the farm had 466 pigs in stock, 293 sick and 280 dead.
After the outbreak, the farm involved has culled the rest of the pigs in the epidemic site, the briefing said. All pigs and their products are prohibited from being transferred out of the blockade area and pigs are prohibited from being transported into the blockade area.
The African swine fever virus will only spread and infect each other through direct contact between pigs, and the source of infection can be feed or mosquitoes.In August 2018, African swine fever broke out in Shenyang, China, and the virus spread at an alarming rate, and within a short period of time, not only the entire China, but also Mongolia, the Korean Peninsula, Southeast Asian countries, and Timor-Leste, all had outbreaks of African swine fever in quick succession. By the end of August 2019, China’s pig stock had fallen by about 40%, while the Chinese economy was hit hard with Inflation rarely seen in years, with the consumer price index (CPI) once exceeding 4% and a spike in pork and other goods for people’s livelihoods.
As we enter 2020, the African swine fever epidemic has slowed down a bit. According to official statistics cited by Reuters, China’s pig stock rose by 31% in 2020. But the manager of a pig farm supplies business told Reuters that swine fever is more frequent in the winter in northeastern and northern provinces, while outbreaks of porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) are higher than in previous years. PED is not fatal to adult pigs, but young pigs are susceptible to the infection. As many pig farms bought a large number of new sows last year to compensate for the losses caused by African swine fever, a large number of newly farrowed piglets died.
The newspaper quoted industry insiders and analysts as saying that African swine fever and other swine infectious diseases are affecting the recovery of the pig industry.
So far this year, the Chinese Communist Party has officially notified seven outbreaks of African swine fever, covering areas including Guangdong, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Hubei and other provinces and cities.
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