China is struggling to gain control of African Swine Fever that has now broken out in four provinces and has prompted the United Nations to warn it could cross out of the country.
Romania has also confirmed that the highly-contagious and deadly virus has claimed its largest breeding herd.
It is culling 140,000 pigs.
The virus was confirmed on the farm, which consists of three adjacent properties in the southern county of Braila, after water samples were sent to the authorities.
Romania’s national veterinary authority, ANSVSA, confirmed the outbreak on the farm owned by the Romanian company, TEBU Consult.
China is the world’s largest pork producer and has been importing heavily from the United States, Canada and others. The U.S. has recently been sidelined by a Chinese tariff.
