HK: 2021 African Swine fever-3000 pigs culled

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Source: https://www.thestandard.com.hk/break...an-swine-fever


240 pigs at Yuen Long culled for African swine fever
Local | 5 Feb 2021 7:57 am

The government has ordered the slaughter of about 240 pigs at a farm in Yuen Long after six animals tested positive for the African swine fever virus that reached epidemic levels on the mainland in 2019, RTHK reports.

The virus is harmless to humans and is not considered a threat to food safety but spreads fast among swine populations and often proves deadly.

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said it took action under its African swine fever contingency plan after six pigs in one shed at a farm in Wong Nai Tun tested positive on Thursday.

It ordered the culling of all 240 pigs in the same shed, but tests on pigs elsewhere on the farm proved negative...

 

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Hong Kong culls 3,000 pigs after detecting ASF


Hong Kong authorities ordered the culling of all 3,000 pigs in a herd after the African swine fever virus was discovered to be spreading for the first time in one of the city's farms....
The new outbreak was discovered on a farm in the rural Yuen Long area, in the north near the mainland China border.....:tiphat:https://www.thepigsite.com/news/2021/02/hong-kong-culls-3-000-pigs-after-detecting-asf

 

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...Hong Kong authorities ordered the culling of all 3,000 pigs in a herd after the African swine fever virus was discovered to be spreading for the first time in one of the city’s farms.

The disease, which is harmless to humans, is very rare in Hong Kong. The last outbreak in 2019

...Hong Kong’s Agriculture and Fisheries Department, which is overseeing an investigation of the outbreak, said that the virus was limited to the one farm and that the owner would be compensated.

..Hong Kong has about 43 pig farms, accounting for 15 percent of its live pig supplies, according to a Feb. 5 report by the US Department of Agriculture...
:tiphat:https://english.alarabiya.net/News/...-000-pigs-after-African-swine-fever-discovery