Highly contagious African swine fever virus has been detected in the luggage of a traveler from China at a Hokkaido airport, Japan's farm ministry said Monday.Sausages in the passenger's luggage at New Chitose Airport tested positive for the disease, and it is the first case of the virus being brought to the country from overseas. No domestic case of infections with African swine fever virus has been reported thus far.African swine fever is regarded as more lethal than conventional swine fever, also known as hog cholera, and there is no effective vaccine to protect swine from the deadly pig…READ FULL ARTICLE
