
African swine fever in China affects Canadian pork export market
I was recently asked to complete an email interview on African swine fever, the Chinese pork industry and Canadian exports. I thought it might make an interesting blog post here as well. Q1: Explain the impact of African swine fever in China, the world’s largest consumer of pork, on Canada’s pork industry. African swine fever is ravaging the Chinese swine industry. It has high rates of mortality and is very contagious. The virus can live for a long time in meat so even ship