Despite culls, import bans, swine fever to hit pork market for years 0 SHARES Share it! But the disease has already hit most provinces in China, reducing pork production by 30 percent according to some estimates. Beijing’s official statistics say around one million pigs have been killed since the first outbreak in August last year — but that is widely considered to be an underestimate. His herd of 36 was culled after swine fever was detected at his backyard farm on the outskirts of Hanoi. Along with China, Vietnam has been the worst hit by swine fever, but the country exports very little of its pork.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 04, 2019 05:03 UTC