African Swine Fever Spreading to Southern China

Livestock epidemic has proven difficult to control, says expert

A worker inspects pigs at the Zuqiao Slaughterhouse on July 25, 2005 in Chengdu of Sichuan Province, southwest China. China Photos/Getty Images

Beginning in northeastern China early this August, African swine fever has now expanded to the opposite end of the country as authorities confirmed an outbreak of the disease in the southwestern border province of Yunnan.

The Yunnan outbreak was reported by state media on Oct. 21. At two farms, of over 500 pigs found infected with the disease, all have died.