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(Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture is still waiting for the result of another laboratory test that will identify how virulent is the type of African Swine Fever virus that hit the country. The initial Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test on the swine blood samples collected from small backyard farms in Rizal had already confirmed that the pigs which mysteriously died there were positive for African Swine Fever (ASF) The PCR test result from […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong will cull 6,000 pigs after African swine fever was detected in an animal at a slaughterhouse close to the border with China, the first case of the disease in the densely populated financial hub. “In order to minimise the risk of ASF virus spreading from the slaughterhouse, all pigs in Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse will be culled so that thorough cleansing and also disinfection could be conducted,” Sophia […]
