agriculture ministry of South Korea, Kim Hyeon-soo anunced on September 17 that nation has been put on highest alert of animal disease after discovering its first outbreak of dely African swine fever at a pig farm in Paju, a town located near border of rth Korea. case was reported less than four months after rth Korea reported its first outbreak in late May.

minister said on Tuesday that in dition to raising alert level, nearly 4,000 pigs would be selectively slaughtered to prevent spre of virus. He said y will make all possible efforts to stop spre of disease through swift disinfection measures. A nationwide movement was also ordered by Ministry to ban hogs and similar livestock for 48 hours while monitoring source of virus. African swine fever is very contagious and nearly 100 percent fatal to swine herds. disease is found among pigs and wild boars transmitted by ticks and direct contact between animals. re is vaccination available for disease but it does t affect humans.

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First outbreak of disease reported in China

first outbreak of African swine fever in East Asia was reported in China in early August 2018. Since n, dely virus has spre to all Chinese provinces and regions, as well as to or Asian nations, including Vietnam and Philippines. South Korea is Asia's fourth-largest ecomy and does t import any pork products or live pigs from China due to China's history of foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks. It basically imports from nations of US and Germany with pork imports accounting for over a third of country's total pork supplies. African swine fever has hit country for first time with an incidence of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed in March 2018 at a hog farm, country's first discovery since February 2017.
According to Agriculture Ministry data, pork consumption per person in 2018 was 27.0 kg.

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Shares Plummeted to 30 Percent

South Korea has a hog population of 11.3 million, according to Statistics Korea, and pork, cheaper than beef, is South Korea's most popular meat, particularly pork belly for barbecue. outbreak of disease has t yet been reflected in South Korea's retail pork prices. aver retail price of local pork belly was 2,013 won ($1.70) per 100 gram (0.22 lb) as of Sept.16, down from 2,206 won per 100 gram a year earlier, according to data from state-run Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Tre Corp.
According to customs data, South Korea imported 374,961 tonnes of pork in first eight months of this year down 3.6 per cent from 388,772 tonnes over same period a year earlier. In 2018, South Korea's pork imports were more than 570,000 tonnes. shares of some of animal medicine suppliers Eagle Veterinary Techlogy and Cheil Bio plummeted around 30 percent. Shares of chicken-related firms including Maniker and Harim also dropped nearly 30 per cent.

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