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Vietnam increasing efforts to control African Swine Fever

African Swine Fever continues to spread throughout Asia.  Cases have now been identified in China, Mongolia, Vietnam, and Cambodia.  According to the USDA’s Foreign Ag Service, the disease has spread quickly through Vietnam since it was first detected in February.  In just over a month, the cases have been reported in 23 of 63 municipalities and provinces in Vietnam.  African Swine Fever had mostly been detected on small-scale farm operations without proper biosecurity, but has since spread to large-scale operations, including a 4,500 head pig operation. 

Vietnam is working to control the spread of the disease and has implemented several strategies on the farm, local, and national level to reduce the risk of spreading the disease.