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By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) - A new form of African swine fever identified in Chinese pig farms is most likely caused by illicit vaccines, industry insiders say, a fresh blow to the world's largest pork producer, still recovering from a devastating epidemic of the virus. Two new strains of African swine fever have infected more than 1,000 sows on several farms owned by New Hope Liuhe, China's fourth-largest producer, as well as pigs being fattened for the firm by contract farmers, said Yan Zhichun, the company's chief science officer. Though the strains, which are missing one or two ...

CHINA-SWINEFEVER/VACCINES (INSIGHT, PIX):INSIGHT-New China swine fever strains point to unlicensed vaccines

2021/01/22 13:30 Pigs stand in a barn at a pig farm in Panggezhuang village in northern China's Hebei province.  Pigs stand in a barn at a pig farm in Panggezhuang village in northern China's Hebei province.  (AP photo) A new form of African swine fever identified in Chinese pig farms is most likely caused by illicit vaccines, industry insiders say, a fresh blow to the world’s largest pork producer, still recovering from a devastating epidemic of the virus. Two new strains of African swine fever have infected more than 1,...

BEIJING: A new form of African swine fever identified in Chinese pig farms is most likely caused by illicit vaccines, industry insiders say, a fresh blow to the world's largest pork producer, still recovering from a devastating epidemic of the virus. Two new strains of African swine fever have infected more than 1,000 sows on several farms owned by New Hope Liuhe , China's fourth-largest producer, as well as pigs being fattened for the firm by contract farmers, said Yan Zhichun, the company's chief science officer. Though the strains, which are missing one or two key genes present in the wi...

New China Swine Fever Strains Point To Unlicensed Vaccines: Experts New China Swine Fever Strains Point To Unlicensed Vaccines: Experts The new strains could proliferate globally through contaminated meat, infecting pigs that are fed on kitchen waste. The virus is known to survive for months in some pork products. The virus is known to survive for months in some pork products. (Representational) Highlights At New Hope infected pigs are culled to prevent the spread Two years ago, it wiped out half of China's 400 million-head pig herd Beijing: A new form of African swine fever identified i...