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SHIC Global Disease Monitoring Report Follows ASF, FMD and CSF Activity

African swine fever (ASF) positive farms were indentified in southern China last month. Finding infected farms in Yunnan Province suggests a substantial spread of the disease within China, and an increased risk for neighboring countries, particularly Vietnam, Myanmar, and Laos, which share a porous border with this province. The Swine Health Information Center's (SHIC's) November Global Disease Monitoring Report includes details on other high priority diseases on SHIC's Swine Disease Matrix tracked in South America.

In Colombia, outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease were reported after being declared free with vaccination in 2017. Also in early October, Brazil reported an outbreak of classical swine fever outside the Free-Zone, in the state of Ceará (northeastern area of the country), identified through passive surveillance. Vigilant monitoring of global swine disease activity provides insight for the US pork industry, fueling preparedness activities to protect the health of the US herd and encourage greater effort to provide adequate tools for response in the event any foreign animal disease is found here. View the entire Global Disease Monitoring Report here.

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