S. Korea confirms 10th case of African swine fever virus in dead wild boar near DMZ
- 5 years ago
South Korea has confirmed that a tenth wild boar in the country has been found dead from African swine fever.
The animal's body was discovered last Friday near the inter-Korean border and the test results came out as positive on Sunday.
According to the National Institute of Environmental Research,... the dead boar was some three kilometers south of the civilian control line in the inter-Korean border town of Yeoncheon.
So far, 14 cases of African swine fever have been confirmed at pig farms in South Korea since mid-September.
The animal's body was discovered last Friday near the inter-Korean border and the test results came out as positive on Sunday.
According to the National Institute of Environmental Research,... the dead boar was some three kilometers south of the civilian control line in the inter-Korean border town of Yeoncheon.
So far, 14 cases of African swine fever have been confirmed at pig farms in South Korea since mid-September.