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Despite its name african swine fever is not an african problem highly contagious diseases sweeping through asia right now farmers in vietnam have killed more than 2500000 pigs to try and contain an outbreak that is in danger of engulfing the whole country meanwhile across the border in the world s biggest pork market that is china break that started nearly a year ago shows no sign of abating experts are already calling it the largest animal disease outbreak in history. china is the world s top pork producer and consumes more pork per capita than any other country apart from vietnam but pork prices are rising as african swine fever devastates an industry worth $113000000000.00 euros annually the disease kills almost all the pigs it infects china s agriculture ministry says the breeding herd has declined by 24 percent nearly a year after the virus emerged in china scientists are still trying to deduce how ....