The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization has convened an emergency meeting in Asia in response to a rash of African Swine Fever outbreaks that has prompted Chinese officials to cull tens of thousands of pigs.
The FAO said the three-day gathering of animal health experts, regulators and industry participants from China and eight neighbouring at-risk nations would examine the fever’s spread within the country and seek agreement on a regional response to the region’s first outbreak of the disease.
While ASF is not a direct threat to human health it is a highly contagious viral disease that can devastate pig populations in regions where it has never before spread, including Asia.
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