60,000 pigs culled in the Dominican Republic due to ASF
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Over the past month, 60,000 pigs have been killed in the Dominican Republic due to an outbreak of African swine fever. The situation worries large producing countries such as the United States , CANADA, Mexico, Brazil or Argentina.
The first case of ASF in North America was identified 50 years ago in Cuba. it was followed by the Dominican Republic in 1978, Haiti in 1979 and Brazil in 1980. Currently, the disease has been identified 381 kilometers from Puerto Rico (an island in the Caribbean Sea and an unincorporated organized territory of the United States).
During the 2021 Conference of the Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, the threat to biosecurity was named one of the most pressing issues. 100 farms have been affected by ASF, although Haiti, a country that shares a land border with the Dominican Republic, has not reported any outbreaks.
To date, the Dominican Republic has already culled 60,000 pigs nationwide, and out of the country's 32 provinces, ASF is already present in 25 provinces with the highest pig production.
During the Americas Agriculture Ministerial Conference last week, international organizations and agriculture ministers approved a resolution stressing "the importance of implementing national, regional measures to prevent and control African swine fever."
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