Pigs

African Swine Fever is a highly contagious disease that can cause a devastating impact on small-scale pig farmers. (file March 2017)
IAEA/Laura Gil Martinez

Global cooperation key to eradicating deadly pig virus: UN agency

20 July 2020
Health

A disease that may kill every pig it infects and for which there is no effective vaccine, can be eradicated if more countries continue to work together to limit its spread, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday.

African Swine Fever is a highly contagious disease that can cause a devastating impact on small-scale pig farmers. (file March 2017)
IAEA/Laura Gil Martinez

Livelihoods of millions in East and Southeast Asia at risk from Swine Fever epidemic

2 July 2019
Health

The rapid spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) across East and Southeast Asia is threatening the food security and livelihoods of millions of households in the region which rely on pig farming, The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, reported on Tuesday.