HEALTH NEWS SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 / 6:39 AM / A DAY AGO
Thailand culls 200 pigs amid heightened fears over African swine fever
Panarat Thepgumpanat, Patpicha Tanakasempipat
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has culled more than 200 pigs this week, authorities said on Tuesday, in the first such action amid heightened fears of a potential outbreak of African swine fever.
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Thailand?s department of livestock said the culling of the pigs was a ?preventative action? after two pigs died mysteriously in the northern province of Chiang Rai, about 20 km (12.43 miles) from Myanmar.
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Nopporn said blood and tissue samples of the first pigs were sent on Monday to a lab in another northern province, Lampang, to see whether they had contracted African swine fever.
Lab results could take about 14 days, he said.
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Thailand culls 200 pigs amid heightened fears over African swine fever
Panarat Thepgumpanat, Patpicha Tanakasempipat
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has culled more than 200 pigs this week, authorities said on Tuesday, in the first such action amid heightened fears of a potential outbreak of African swine fever.
...
Thailand?s department of livestock said the culling of the pigs was a ?preventative action? after two pigs died mysteriously in the northern province of Chiang Rai, about 20 km (12.43 miles) from Myanmar.
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Nopporn said blood and tissue samples of the first pigs were sent on Monday to a lab in another northern province, Lampang, to see whether they had contracted African swine fever.
Lab results could take about 14 days, he said.
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