ASF Continues to Expand in China and CSF in Japan

In the Swine Health Information Center’s January Global Swine Disease Monitoring Report, it is stated Heilongjiang province reported the largest infected farm since the start of the African swine fever (ASF) epidemic in China last August. A carcass positive for ASF was found on Taiwan’s shore. An ASF outbreak outside the control zone in Belgium was reported, close to the border of France.  Additionally, the largest outbreak of CSF in a Japanese farm since its recurrence in last September was reported. Read the entire report, including actions by Chinese and Taiwanese governments related to the disease epidemics, here.