Category: swine fever

African Swine Fever Case Found on Pig Farm in South Korea

SEOUL—A case of African swine fever was detected on a farm containing around 1,500 animals in South Korea’s northeastern county of Hongcheon, the food and agriculture ministry said on Thursday. All the animals on the farm were killed in order to contain the spread of the pathogen, and an investigation was to be launched on…


Italy Appoints Commissioner to Deal With Swine Fever Outbreak

ROME—The Italian government appointed a special commissioner on Friday to coordinate measures aimed at eliminating an outbreak of African swine fever, the prime minister’s office said in a statement on Friday. “The plan aims at eradicating African swine fever in wild boars on national territory and to prevent its spread among farmed pigs, in order…