South Korea confirms the second ASF outbreak
South Korea confirmed the existence of a second Africa Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in a pig farm located in Yeoncheon, near the North Korean border, where the first case was reported earlier this week.
Around 4,700 pigs at the Yeoncheon farm and a neighboring farm would be culled. Some 8,500 pigs are living at other farms within a three km radius of where the second case was found, according to MENAFN.
South Korea is the 9th Asian country affected by the disease that keeps spreading to Asia and Europe. The country's pig herd is about 11 million head and South Korea already imports about one-third of the pork consumed in the domestic market. Last year, pork consumption per capita was about 27 kilos. In the first eight months of this year, South Korea imported 374,961 tonnes of pork, down 3.6% from 388,772 tonnes over the same period a year earlier, according to customs data. In 2018, South Korea’s pork imports were over 570,000 tonnes.
Currently, 9 Asian countries are affected by the disease: China, Vietnam, Mongolia, North Korea, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Philippines, and South Korea.
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