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**Shiloh** · June 11, 2020, 08:58 PM

Source: https://thetaiwantimes.com/huge-swin...st-africa/3088

Huge Swine Fever Outbreak In West Africa
Published on 11 June 2020
Mark Buckton

Nigerian authorities have confirmed a huge outbreak of African swine fever in the south west of the country.

So far, over 300,000 hogs have been culled in a move likely to affect the livelihood of tens of thousands of locals either directly or indirectly related to pig farming in the region...

...The latest outbreak in Nigeria has affected the state run Oke Aro government farm, reported to be the largest in the whole of West Africa which, even when operating at full capacity cannot cope with demand for pork from the local population of 50 million.

At least two farmers are also reported to have died as a result of shock on the farm according to local officials leading the local government to start distributing food aid in the region...

**Gert van der Hoek** · June 19, 2020, 04:46 AM

'Nearly one million pigs killed' as African swine fever worsens in Nigeria

Outbreaks of disease becoming increasingly common, with latest ‘worst ever’ for continent

An outbreak of African swine fever in Nigeria is reportedly “decimating” livestocks as farmers cull hundreds of thousands of pigs in efforts to stop the disease.

The outbreak began earlier this year in the state of Lagos - the region around the country’s most populous city of the same name - and has now spread to many other parts of the country.

The viral disease does not affect humans, but has around a 100 per cent fatality rate for pigs.

An outbreak of the disease in Asian countries last year saw around 6 million animals culled.

The current outbreak has hit Nigeria’s largest pig co-operative, Oke Aro Farm, where over 300,000 pigs have been killed according to a worker who spoke to the BBC, while another worker at the same co-operative later told The Guardian more than 500,000 pigs had now been culled.

But a wider lack of official record keeping means both overall numbers and the spread of the disease are difficult to measure. African swine fever is currently known to have spread to at least a quarter of Nigeria’s 36 states.

One farmer told The Guardian as many as a million pigs could already have been killed.

African swine fever has become increasingly common in recent years, with more than 60 outbreaks across Africa between 2016 and 2019. But the current outbreak is the worst yet.

**Shiloh** · July 17, 2020, 04:49 PM

Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regio...troy-pigs.html

Swine fever outbreak: Delta govt to quarantine farm, destroy pigs
July 16, 2020Agency Report

The Delta State government says it will quarantine the Owa-Alero Youth Agriculture and Entrepreneurship Programme (YAGEP) Farm Cluster where an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been reported.

The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Julius Egbedi, in company of the State Chief Job Creation Officer, Eric Eboh, made this known on Thursday during an inspection of the affected farm in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta.

The commissioner noted that a permanent method to eliminate the dreaded African Swine Fever was to quarantine the farm for at least three months and destroy the pigs in the farm...

**Pathfinder** · July 29, 2020, 10:22 AM

African swine fever,
Nigeria

Information received on 24/07/2020 from Dr Olaniran Alabi, Director, Chief Veterinary Officer, Veterinary and Pest Control Services, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, ABUJA, Nigeria

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 5
Date of start of the event	26/05/2020
Date of confirmation of the event	06/06/2020
Report date	24/07/2020
Date submitted to OIE	24/07/2020
Reason for notification	Unexpected change in the distribution or increase in morbidity or mortality of a listed disease
Summary description	The disease is already confirmed in Two states with very high morbidity and mortality. Three other states awaiting laboratory confirmation are also reporting similar mortality patterns.
Manifestation of disease	Clinical disease
Causal agent	African swine fever virus
Nature of diagnosis	Laboratory (advanced)
This event pertains to	the whole country
Related reports	Immediate notification (16/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 1 (23/06/2020) Follow-up report No. 2 (02/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 3 (10/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 4 (17/07/2020) Follow-up report No. 5 (24/07/2020)

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Unknown or inconclusive
Epidemiological comments	Update as at 24th July, 2020 The outbreak has been confirmed in another state, Delta state

Increased Distribution

State	Species
Lagos	Swine
Abia	Swine
Delta	Swine
Ogun	Swine
Kaduna	Swine
Edo	Swine

Disease Impact

Increased	State	Species	Change
Morbidity	Lagos	Swine	1=>5
Morbidity	Abia	Swine	1=>5
Morbidity	Delta	Swine	1=>2
Morbidity	Ogun	Swine	1=>5
Morbidity	Kaduna	Swine	1=>2
Morbidity	Edo	Swine	1=>2
Mortality	Lagos	Swine	1=>5
Mortality	Abia	Swine	1=>5
Mortality	Delta	Swine	1=>2
Mortality	Ogun	Swine	1=>5
Mortality	Kaduna	Swine	1=>2
Mortality	Edo	Swine	1=>2

Control measures

Measures applied	Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Traceability Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Disinfection Ante and post-mortem inspections Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists) No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	Movement control inside the country Quarantine

Future Reporting

The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

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