Haiti reports ASF outbreak

African swine fever was first reported in south of Haiti but since then ten cases have been reported in the north.

The General Secretariat of the Andean Community and the Permanent Veterinary Committee of the Southern Cone have prepared a "Joint declaration on the reintroduction of African Swine fever to the American continent."

The so-called Animal Health Troika met with the European Commission in Brussels to discuss the joint approach to combat African swine fever.

The disease has already been confirmed in 25 of the 32 provinces, which correspond to the largest pig producing areas.

A total of 33 countries in the Americas and the Caribbean agreed to join efforts to support the DR in implementing actions to control and eradicate African swine fever and prevent its spread.

OIE data show positive samples were found in backyard farms in April.

The authorities are going to intervene in the backyard farms in these provinces to prevent further spread of the disease.

Following the confirmation of African swine fever (ASF) positive pigs in the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Colombia have taken extreme sanitary measures to prevent the introduction of this serious disease.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory has confirmed African swine fever (ASF) in samples collected from pigs in the Dominican Republic through an existing cooperative surveillance program.