Posted on 12/18/2019 4:05:57 PM PST by dynachrome
Nearly 30,000 pigs have died from African swine fever (ASF) in Indonesia's North Sumatra province as of Dec. 15, causing millions of dollars of economic losses as authorities try to quarantine the areas affected, officials said on Wednesday.
The Agriculture Ministry has declared an outbreak of the highly contagious virus in the country and said it is contained only in some parts of North Sumatra, minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo told reporters.
"Very serious handling is being carried out, including isolating those areas," Limpo said.
Fadjar Sumping Tjatur Rassa, director of animal health at the Agriculture Ministry, said that ASF has been found in 16 areas in North Sumatra, including the provincial capital Medan, and that authorities were trying to make sure the virus was not being transported out.
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This is a big deal in China and Indonesia.
Yep. we will probably sell pork to the Chinese and the price will rise here.
Does anything good ever come from Africa?
Why would a mostly muslin country have a pig problem?
Infected from the bite of the Sumatran Rat Monkey?
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