China News Service Client, March 28. The website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China issued an announcement on the 27th that Changsha County, Changsha City, Hunan Province, detected an African swine fever epidemic from the seized illegal transfer of live pigs from other provinces.
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According to the announcement, on March 27, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs received a report from the China Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center. It was confirmed by the Hunan Provincial Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center. A truck of illegally transferred and transported live pigs from other provinces in Changsha County, Changsha City, was found to have African swine fever. epidemic.
At the time of the seizure, the vehicle was carrying 61 live pigs and 3 died of illness.
After the outbreak, the local area quickly launched an emergency plan to culling and harmless treatment of all live pigs, and thoroughly clean and disinfect the relevant disposal sites, environment, roads and transportation vehicles.
Currently, the investigation and retrospective work of the epidemic is underway.
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