African Swine Fever -- Philippines
The [Philippines] Department of Agriculture (DA) has ordered the culling of hogs in an unidentified area to contain what could be the entry of the African swine fever (ASF) virus in the country. In a press conference on Monday [19 Aug 2019], agriculture secretary William Dar neither confirmed nor denied reports that the ASF virus has infected hogs raised in Rizal, but noted that the agency received an incident report on Friday [16 Aug 2019] "on an increased mortality of pigs raised by farmers
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6630039&promed&0
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