China confirms second swine fever outbreak in southwestern Guizhou province
African swine fever has been confirmed in a second herd in the Guizhou province in China
The new case, the second confirmed in the southwestern province, was on a small farm with 49 pigs in the Qixingguan district in Bijie city, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement on its website.
The first case confirmed in Ghizou was found on a small farm with 10 pigs in Biji city.
China has reported more than 40 outbreaks of the highly contagious disease since early August.
Sources Reuters; OIE
