Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/01/06
By: Wu Hsin-yun and Elizabeth Hsu

Photo courtesy of the Coast Guard Administration

Taipei, Jan. 6 (CNA) The second pig carcass found on the Kinmen County shoreline last week has tested negative for African swine fever (ASF), the Council of Agriculture (COA) said Sunday.

The dead pig, found on Xiaoqiu islet Friday, was the second one to be found on the shores of the island county in four days amid fears over ASF, which has been spreading across China.

The COA said the carcass found on Xiaoqiu by coast guard officers was most likely brought there by the tide since there are no pig farms on the islet.

The first dead pig, which was found Monday on a beach in Kinmen’s Jinsha Township, was confirmed Thursday to be infected with the ASF virus.    [FULL  STORY]