China has confirmed the first cases of African swine fever in the capital Beijing, with culls at the two farms affected by the disease taking the total number of hogs slaughtered in the country to nearly 80,000.
The farms in the Fangshan district south west of Beijing, which held almost 1,800 hogs between them, had reported a total of 86 hogs dead from the disease, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
Local authorities have already started to cull the hogs, introduce a blockade to prevent the movement of live pigs and disinfect the area, the ministry said.
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