US farmers, government join forces to fight risk of African swine fever

U.S. hog farmers are ramping up safety procedures and leaving animal-feed ingredients imported from China in storage in an attempt to keep out a highly contagious swine disease that is sweeping through Asia and Europe.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that swine flu infected nearly 61 million people in the United States and caused 12,469 deaths. Source: Pixabay

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s is asking veterinarians and farmers to immediately report sick pigs to government officials so they can be tested for African swine fever.

Chris Lu reports.