African Swine Fever -- Nigeria
Hundreds of thousands of pigs have been culled by Nigerian farmers in response to an explosion of African swine fever (ASF). The outbreak began around Lagos and parts of neighbouring Ogun state earlier this year [2020], pig farmers say, but has now spread to many other parts of the country.
In the absence of official data [but see OIE report at https://bit.ly/3fB5oVm], farmers who spoke to the Guardian estimated that nearly a million pigs had been put down so far. [Mrs
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7487890&promed&0
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