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An African swine plague was found in Jiangxi, Yunnan and Sichuan

November 17, 2018 16:16 | Source: People's Network
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People's Daily Online, Beijing, November 17 The press office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced on November 17 that Poyang County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province, Chenggong District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, and Xinjin County, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province had identified the African swine plague.

At 12:00 on November 17, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs received a report from China Animal Epidemic Prevention and Control Center, which confirmed that a farm in Poyang County, a slaughterhouse in Chenggong District, and a farm in Xinjin County had detected the African pig plague. Among them, there are 150 pigs on hand in Poyang County Farm, 10 of which are sick and 10 dead; There are 348 pigs to be slaughtered in Chenggong slaughterhouse; There were 110 pigs on hand in Xinjin County Farm, 27 of which were infected and 13 died.

After the outbreak of the epidemic, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs immediately sent a supervision team to the local area. The local government has started the emergency response mechanism according to the requirements, and has taken measures such as blockade, culling, harmless treatment, disinfection, etc. to treat all the sick and killed pigs innocuously. At the same time, all pigs and their products are forbidden to be transferred out of the blocked area and transported into the blocked area. At present, the above measures have been implemented.

(Editor in charge: Yuan Bo, Cui Dong)

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