African Swine Fever -- China
China reported an outbreak of African swine fever [ASF] in Xinjiang region, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday [24 Mar 2021].
The outbreak occurred on a farm in Yili prefecture with 466 pigs, and 280 pigs died, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement, adding that the remaining pigs had been culled.
[Byline: Min Zhang and Shivani Singh]
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[Yili (Ili), an autonomous prefecture for Kazakh people, is one of 5 autonomous
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