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The Agricultural Minister of Taiwan, Chen Chi-chung confirmed that a hog that washed ashore in his nation on Sunday, April 4th yielded ASF virus consistent with the strain circulating in China. The event resulted in a program of surveillance among eleven hog farms within a 6-mile radius of where the dead pig was discovered. Restrictions on movement of hogs and farm quarantines have also been placed over the area and veterinarians are intensifying pre- and post-mortem inspections of hogs in packing plants.
The presence of a dead hog with ASF washed up on a foreign shore suggests improper disposal of infected animals in China. Previous cases of dead hogs being discovered in rivers and waterways  in China have been documented and are contrary to official reports that ASF is under control and that appropriate biosecurity measures are in effect.
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