Babi Mati ! Nigger Swine Flu wipe out Kim-Chi BBQ Diner Table, must convert to Islam? Makan HALAL?

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South Korea confirms 2 new African swine fever cases, now 13 in all as disease spreads

Quarantine officials set up a barricade at a pig farm in Paju, South Korea, on Oct 3 as they carry out disinfection operations against African swine fever. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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SEOUL (REUTERS) - South Korea's agriculture ministry said on Thursday (Oct 3) that two more cases of African swine fever have been confirmed at pig farms in towns near its border with North Korea.
The latest confirmation brings to 13 the total number of cases of the deadly hog disease detected since the first outbreak on Sept 17, underlining the urgency of efforts to contain the disease that has swept across Asia since arriving in China last year.
Fatal to pigs with no known cure or vaccine, the disease isn't harmful to humans. It has now spread to over 50 countries, according to the World Organisation of Animal Health, with many millions of pigs killed, and analysts estimating China lost about half its hog herd in the first eight months of 2019.

South Korea has so far culled about 115,000 pigs and has attached "highest alert" status to a campaign that has included ramping up disinfection measures and putting a temporary nationwide ban on the transport of hogs and related livestock.
The agriculture ministry said on Thursday that it would update cull numbers soon.
With previous disinfection measures rendered ineffective due to heavy rains from Typhoon Mitag that affected the country on late Wednesday and early Thursday, Agriculture Minister Kim Hyeon-soo called for redoubled disinfection efforts on Thursday.


South Korea is still looking into the source of the virus, but all of the cases have been found on hog farms near its border with North Korea, which reported an outbreak in May.

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Meanwhile South Korea's Ministry of Environment said on Thursday that a wild boar carcass found on Wednesday within the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), the heavily guarded strip of land that surrounds the border between the two Koreas, tested positive for African swine fever.
The carcass was discovered by the South Korean military some 1.4km north of the southern edge of the DMZ, the ministry said in a statement.
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"While the fence on the South Korean side along the southern limit line (of the DMZ) blocks movement from the DMZ to the South... the North's fence is not as solid as ours, which is believed to allow the movement of wild animals from the North into the DMZ," the environment ministry said.

 

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Closing Shop?

 

[Hypocrite-The]

If swine flu can't be pass to humans...why can't just slaughter the pigs for makan as per usual

 

[Ang4MohTrump]

If swine flu can't be pass to humans...why can't just slaughter the pigs for makan as per usual

Smelly bad food.

Got other germs growth rapidly after Babi killed by Nigger Babi Virus

 

[syed putra]

Solutuon is simple. Serve halal food only. Halal korean bbq. Halal steamboat. Halal kut teh.

 

[whoami]

Told u cheena cant live without pigs. Super pigs!

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Really pigging out! China is breeding GIANT pigs as big as polar bears that weigh more than 1,100 pounds to cope with a pork shortage in the Communist nation

• The super sized swine could fetch its owner up to $1,399 at market - more than three times the average monthly disposable income where he lives in Nanning
• China is hoping to fix its shortage of the meat with 'as big as possible' pigs
• The country is the world's largest pork consumer, but its hog herd fell by half in the first eight months of 2019 due to the outbreak of African swine fever
• Pork prices surged 46.7% in August from a year earlier, hitting consumers hard
• While the disease doesn't infect humans, it spreads among pigs quickly

By Lauren Fruen For Dailymail.com and Associated Press
Published: 00:24 BST, 7 October 2019 | Updated: 02:27 BST, 7 October 2019

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A Chinese farmer is said to have bred a giant pig the size of a polar bear as part of efforts to cope with the pork shortage in the country following a devastating outbreak of African swine fever.
The super sized swine weighs more than 1,100 pounds and could fetch owner Pang Cong up to $1,399 at market - more than three times the average monthly disposable income where he lives in Nanning, Bloomberg reports.
It's part of a growing move to produce bigger pigs as China, the world's largest pork consumer, looks to fix its shortage of the meat. In Jilin the average hog now weighs 385 pounds to 440 pounds, compared to the the normal 275 pounds.
The country’s top pig breeder, Wens Foodstuffs Group Co, is also said to be trying to increase the average size of their animals too.

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China is said to be breeding giant pigs as big as polar bears that weigh more than 1,100 pounds to cope with a pork shortage after a swine fever outbreak (stock image)

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China, the world's largest pork consumer, looks to fix its shortage of the meat with giant pigs. Pork prices surged in August from a year earlier, hitting consumers hard (stock image)
Farmer Zhao Hailin said they want pigs 'as big as possible'. One expert, Lin Guofa, said the average weight at some larger farms is now around 310 pounds compared to the previous norm of around 240lbs.

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The Chinese government had already announced a nationwide initiative to boost pork production following a price spike blamed on a devastating outbreak of African swine fever.
They said they will take steps to accelerate the revival of hog production, prevent and control African swine fever and upgrade farms to further ensure pork supply and stable prices.
'We are confident and capable of rising to the challenge, dissolving the risks and doing well in keeping prices in the pig market stable,' Peng Shaozong of the National Development and Reform Commission said last month.
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He said government agencies will closely monitor and analyze pork prices, stabilize production and regulate the market price.
Pork prices surged 46.7% in August from a year earlier, contributing 1.08 percentage points to a 2.8 percent rise in the consumer price index, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics in September.
The soaring price has hit Chinese consumers hard as pork, essential in most Chinese households, accounts for more than 60% of meat consumption.

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A worker feeds pigs at a farm in Xibaishan village in Hebei province, China, in August 2018. China’s hog herd fell by half in the first eight months of 2019 due to a devastating outbreak of African swine fever, according to experts
China raises about half of the world's pigs, and stable pork production is of great importance to people's well-being and a steady national economic performance, said Yu Kangzhen, vice minister of agriculture and rural affairs.
The implementation of these policies will play a powerful role in mobilizing farmers, promoting breeding and ensuring the pork supply in the market, he said.
Pork production fell as African swine fever ravaged pig farms in China beginning in April. While the disease doesn't infect humans, it spreads among pigs quickly.
Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua said the situation was 'extremely severe'.
HOW CHINA'S HOG HERD DROPPED BY MORE THAN HALF FROM FATAL SWINE FEVER
China’s hog herd fell by half in the first eight months of 2019 due to a devastating outbreak of African swine fever and will likely shrink by 55% by the end of the year, analysts at Rabobank said on Wednesday.
The pace of herd losses will likely slow in the coming months due to reduced farm numbers and Chinese government measures to control the pig disease in the world’s largest pork consumer, according to a report by Rabobank.
However, the bank said relatively unstable market conditions will likely persist for the next three to five years.
Though not harmful to humans, African swine fever is deadly to hogs, with no vaccine available.
It surfaced for the first time in Asia more than a year ago, in China, and has now spread to over 50 countries, according to the World Organization of Animal Health - including those that account for 75% of global pork production.
Rabobank said in the report it expects China’s pork production to fall by 10% to 15% in 2020, on top of a 25% drop in 2019.
China’s total consumption of animal feed such as soy will drop by 17% in 2019 due to the decline in hogs, according to Rabobank. But feed consumption will rebound by 8% in 2020 as hog herds are rebuilt and farmers produce other proteins like chicken, the bank said.
In Vietnam, the world’s sixth-largest pork producer, 25% of the country’s total pig herd could be lost to African swine fever by year’s end, according to Rabobank. Since February, 18% of pigs have died, the bank said.

 

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Hundreds of pigs die in Bali as new African swine fever outbreak reported in the Philippines
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PHOTO: Authorities buried hundreds of pig carcasses in North Sumatra, Indonesia, after they were found floating in local waterways. (AFP: Joko)
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RELATED STORY: More than a quarter of the globe's pigs have been killed as African swine fever keeps spreading. Here's what we know
Hundreds of pigs have been reported dead on the Indonesian island of Bali, as the Philippines confirmed a new outbreak of the deadly African swine fever.

Key points:

• A quarter of the world's pigs are thought to have been wiped out by the disease
• Authorities remain concerned that African swine fever could spread to Australia
• Scientists say an experimental vaccine developed in the US looks promising

Authorities in Bali reported 888 pig deaths in Bali as of January 31. Many of the pigs exhibited similar symptoms to the highly-contagious African swine fever (ASF) — high fever, vomiting, and diarrhea.

While they have not been confirmed as cases of ASF, local producers say demand for pork has steeply declined.

"This is an extraordinary event, greatly impacting farmers and consumers," said Ketut Hari Suyasa, chairman of the Indonesian Pig Farmers Association, as quoted by local media.

Blood samples from the dead pigs were being tested to determine the cause of death, authorities said.

Indonesian officials confirmed the first outbreak of ASF in December, spurring fears that the disease could reach Australia and leading to stricter biosecurity measures.

At least 30,000 pigs have died in the province of North Sumatra, where the pig population is 1.2 million.

PHOTO: Pork features heavily in the Balinese diet. (Flickr: Kai Hendry)


In Hindu-majority Bali, suckling pig known as babi guling is a local delicacy commonly enjoyed by tourists.

Unlike swine flu — also known as H1N1 — ASF does not pose a threat to human health. Nevertheless, humans can transmit the disease if their clothing and boots have been contaminated.

Fever spreads throughout the Philippines
Authorities in the southern Philippines province of Mindanao confirmed that around 1000 local pigs had died due to ASF.

The municipality of Don Marcelino is in lockdown, with the sale and transport of pigs, pork and pork by-products temporarily banned.

PHOTO: Pig farmers could be set for high pork prices as global stocks fall thanks to African swine fever. (ABC Rural: Tom Edwards)


"Backyard pig farmers in the area practice group rearing of hogs, from different owners, most [of them without] proper housing provisions nor biosecurity practices," said the Philippine agriculture ministry.

Agriculture secretary William Dar has suggested that pork smuggled from China could be behind the outbreak in the Philippines.

The Philippines, which is the eighth largest pork producer in the world, recorded its first swine fever case in September last year, leading to at least 20,000 pigs being culled.

Cases of ASF have been reported across the country including in the capital Manila and surrounding areas.

Disease has devastated global pig population
African swine fever is a viral contagious disease which affects domestic and wild pigs.

In addition to high fever, symptoms include internal bleeding and haemorrhages on the skin.

What is African swine fever?

More than a quarter of the world's pigs have been killed as African swine fever keeps spreading. Here's what we know.


There is no vaccine and it kills about 80 per cent of the pigs it infects. It is thought to have wiped out more than a quarter of the global pig population in 2019.

In China, which is the world's largest pork producer, it is estimated that 50-60 per cent of its pig population was decimated last year.

ASF was first reported in the Liaoning province of China in August 2018, and local authorities killed more than a million pigs in 2019 to curb the spread of the disease.

The cost of pork has increased by at least 40 per cent due to the spread of ASF, and the cost of other meats is also expected to rise as Chinese consumers turn to chicken, lamb and beef as alternative sources of protein.

Australian authorities have been on high alert for months amid fears the arrival of the disease is inevitable.

PHOTO: If African swine fever reaches Australia, it could cost the pork industry more than $2 billion. (ABC News: Jess Davis)


Risk to Australian livestock
The fever has been reported in around 50 countries, including China, Belgium, Slovakia, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, and Vietnam.





The spread of the disease has also reached Timor Leste, a nation less than 700 kilometres from Darwin, posing an increased risk to Australia.

Australia's chief veterinary officer, Mark Schipp, has emphasised that the country has good biosecurity systems at both the border and on its farms that could keep the disease out.

In December, the Australian Government announced an extra $66 million dollars worth of funding to boost biosecurity at Australia's borders against ASF.

This included the deployment of more biosecurity officers, six new detector dogs, and two new 3D X-ray machines at mail centres in Sydney and Melbourne.

Nevertheless, Dr Schipp said in November that "it's the biggest threat to the commercial raising of pigs we've ever seen."

"It's the biggest threat to any commercial livestock of our generation."

The pork industry provides around 34,000 jobs nationwide.

Authorities reported confiscating at least 32 tonnes of cooked pork products at Australian airports last year.

Margo Andrae, chief executive of industry body Pork Australia Limited, has said that almost 50 per cent of seized pork products contained traces of ASF.

A Vietnamese woman was deported in October last year after attempting to smuggle 4.6 kilograms of uncooked pork and other food items into Australia.

Australians caught bringing in pork products could face criminal prosecution or civil court action, and be ordered to pay up to $420,000 and be sentenced to up to 10 years in jail.

Precautions elsewhere
At least nine countries in Europe are affected by ASF, and the European Food Safety Authority has warned that it has continued to slowly spread.

In Germany, authorities in the state of Brandenberg have constructed around 120 kilometres of electric fencing to prevent wild boars from crossing the border with Poland and infecting its herd with ASF.

An experimental vaccine developed by the New York-based Plum Island Animal Disease Centre is proving more effective than previous vaccines, according to a study published in the Journal of Virology last month.

Douglas P Gladue, one of the lead researchers, said that the vaccine "shows promise, and offers complete protection against the current strain currently producing outbreaks throughout Eastern Europe and Asia."

CSIRO is also researching a vaccine, but has warned an effective vaccine could be at least five years away.

PHOTO: CSIRO researchers are using pig cells to understand how African swine fever works in order to develop a vaccine. (ABC News: Jess Davis)


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