Danes erect fence on German border to stop swine fever

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:11:29 +0000

Denmark has begun erecting a 70-kilometer (43.4-mile) fence along the German border to keep out wild boars in an attempt to prevent the spread of African swine fever, which could jeopardize the country’s valuable pork industry.

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Pork from swine flu-hit Belgium shipped to PH

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 21:30:43 +0000

Despite an order from the Department of Agriculture (DA) banning the entry of pork and pork products from countries affected by African swine fever (ASF), an industry group said more than a million kilos of pork meat from Belgium still managed to enter the country.

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PH bans entry of domestic, wild pigs from swine flu-hit countries

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) banned the importation of domestic and wild pigs from countries hit by African Swine Fever (ASF), following confirmed growing cases in several provinces in China. In a statement over the weekend, the DA’s Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) cited confirmed outbreaks of ASF in four provinces in China, with the first case […]

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‘No swine flu outbreak in PH’—Bureau of Animal Industry

THE Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) assured the public that there was no swine influenza outbreak in the country, saying the news being spread online were fake. In a statement on Friday, BAI said there was no truth to the news about a swine flu outbreak in one of the provinces in Luzon where it […]

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