Pig/Poultry
Researchers make breakthrough in controlling African Swine Fever in wild boars
A new study showing wild boar can be immunised against African Swine Fever through a vaccine could potentially save the...
African Swine Fever
Agri-Business
AHDB director: Farmers to face 'foot and mouth scale disruption' if ASF arrives in UK
British pig farmers could face foot and mouth style restrictions should African Swine Fever enter the UK, one of the...
Agri-Business
Defra: Human movement offers most likely path for ASF to enter UK
Foreign workers and international hauliers could make unwitting hosts for a highly contagious deadly pig disease, British Government officials have...
Pig/Poultry
Defra: Africian Swine Fever has a 20% chance of reaching the UK
African Swine Fever has a 20% chance of reaching the UK’s pig population, according to Government officials. The shocking admission...
Pig/Poultry
African Swine Fever: 85 pigs confirmed to have disease in Mongolia
Highly infectious and deadly porcine virus African Swine Fever has been detected in Mongolia. A laboratory confirmed 85 pigs had...
Pig/Poultry
ASF outbreak reported for first time in Beijing
African swine fever (ASF) has been confirmed on two farms in Beijing, the first cases in the Chinese capital, according...
Pig/Poultry
More than 1,000 cases of African Swine Fever confirmed in Europe
More than 1,000 cases of African Swine Fever have been confirmed across eastern Europe in the last four months alone....
Pig/Poultry
50th case of African swine fever reported in China
A new case of African swine fever was confirmed in China, becoming the 50th outbreak of the disease to hit...
Pig/Poultry
Over 34,500 pigs culled in China in the past week due to ASF outbreaks
Over 34,500 pigs have been killed and disposed of in China in the past week due to seven individual outbreaks...
Pig/Poultry
African swine fever outbreak kills 72 pigs in China – report
A total of 72 pigs have purportedly died in another outbreak of African swine fever in China, according to reports....
Pig/Poultry
ASF: British pig industry braces for the worst
The UK’s pig industry is making preparations for “the worst” in light of news that African Swine Fever (ASF) has...
World News
African Swine Fever: 2 cases confirmed in Belgium
Belgian authorities confirmed two cases of African Swine Fever last night marking the closest the current epidemic of the disease...
World News
African Swine Fever outbreak suspected in Belgium
European authorities are understood to be investigating a suspected African Swine Fever outbreak in Belgium. If tests prove positive for...
Pig/Poultry
UK research team leads international fight against African Swine Fever
Pioneering research by a team of UK researchers has helped to provide two of the world’s best hopes of a...
Pig/Poultry
African Swine Fever: UK risk through imports raised to 'medium'
The risk of African Swine Fever (ASF) entering the UK through contaminated imports has been raised to ‘medium’ according to...
World News
UN warns African Swine Fever could spread through Asia 'at any time'
Deadly pig virus African Swine Fever could spread to other Asian countries anytime through traded pork products, the United Nation’s...
Agri-Business
African Swine Fever: UK risk remains low but 2 core trends 'worrying' officials
There are two trends which are cause for concern in the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF), according to UK...
Agri-Business
African Swine Fever: 664 cases in western Eurasia since July
A startling 664 cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been confirmed in Russia and Europe since the start of...
