African Swine Fever -- Philippines
The Philippines confirmed that African swine fever [ASF] caused the deaths of hundreds of pigs in towns near its capital, becoming the latest Asian country to be affected by the highly contagious viral disease.
"We are still waiting on whether the virus affecting the hog areas in the country is weak or virulent," agriculture secretary William Dar said in a briefing Monday [9 Sep 2019]. He said the majority of the 20 blood samples sent to the UK [Pirbright] tested positive for the
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