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Vietnam facing worsening African swine fever outbreaks
Reuters, Published on 05/08/2025
» HANOI — Vietnam has been hit by an increasing number of outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF), with the number of infected pigs more than tripling in just two weeks, state media said on Tuesday.
Vietnam warns of food supply disruptions as African swine fever spreads
Reuters, Published on 18/07/2025
» HANOI - African swine fever outbreaks are spreading in Vietnam, threatening to disrupt food supplies in the Southeast Asian country, the government warned on Friday.
China's viral wild boar hunters attract fame and concern
AFP, Published on 08/01/2025
» WEINAN (CHINA) - In the frigid night of China's Qinling mountains, hunters with huge social media followings scour the landscape in pursuit of wild boars menacing local farmers' livelihoods.
African swine fever outbreaks spreading in Vietnam
Reuters, Published on 15/07/2024
» HANOI, Vietnam - African swine fever outbreaks are spreading in Vietnam and could affect its food supplies and put upward pressure on inflation, according to a government document.
Farm animals are hauled all over the country; so are their pathogens
The New York TImes, Published on 20/05/2024
» The bird flu virus that is spreading through American dairy cows can probably be traced back to a single spillover event. Late last year, scientists believe, the virus jumped from wild birds into cattle in the Texas panhandle. By this spring, the virus, known as H5N1, had travelled hundreds of miles or more, appearing on farms in Idaho, North Carolina and Michigan.
DMZ tours still on after US soldier’s breach
Reuters, Published on 19/07/2023
» PAJU, South Korea: Only hours after a US soldier fled into North Korea while taking part in an organised tour on the heavily fortified border, groups of tourists coming from the South Korean side were still visiting the area on Wednesday.
Vietnam develops 'world's first' African swine fever vaccine for commercial use
Reuters, Published on 01/06/2022
» HANOI: Vietnam said on Wednesday it had successfully developed a vaccine to administer to pigs to fight African swine fever, with the aim of becoming the first country to commercially produce and export it.
Swine fever-hit Philippines sees 'substantial' growth in hog population
Reuters, Published on 18/01/2022
» MANILA: The Philippines' swine inventory increased by about 700,000 heads over the last 12 months owing to a repopulation programme, following two years of declines due to African swine fever outbreaks, an agriculture official said on Tuesday.
Giant pig farms accused of defiling Mexico's 'sacred wells'
AFP, Published on 05/08/2021
» MéRIDA, Mexico: Long revered by the Maya people as sacred and today a magnet for tourists, local indigenous communities fear the water-filled sinkholes of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula are under threat from industrial pig farms.
Russia detects first case of H5N8 avian flu in humans
AFP, Published on 21/02/2021
» MOSCOW - Russia said Saturday that its scientists had detected the world's first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu from birds to humans and had alerted the World Health Organization.