BEIJING – The agriculture ministry said on Friday, China has affirmed another instance of African swine fever in the eastern area of Jiangsu.

The flare-up, found in Muyang County in Jiangsu, was unlawfully shipped from outside the founded in 17 hogs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in the statement.

The ministry said that 3 of the pigs killed on.

African swine fever has decreased China’s pig herd by in any event 40% and keeps on spreading, representing a hazard to ranchers who need to quiet their herds