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South Africa: African swine fever outbreak in pigs

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page295023?oid=561207&sn=2009+Detail

Author: Tshepiso Mokhema|
03 February 2012 12:15
SA suffers its biggest African swine fever outbreak

About 300 animals are at risk at the infected farms.

Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- South Africa is suffering its biggest-ever outbreak of African Swine Fever, a provincial veterinary official said.

The disease was discovered early last month at eight farms near Delmas, a town 60 kilometers (37 miles) east of Johannesburg, Malcolm de Bude, chief director of veterinary services for Gauteng province, said in a mobile phone interview this week...
 
Re: South Africa: African swine fever outbreak in pigs

Source: http://www.thepost.co.za/swine-fever-outrbreak-forces-slaughter-1.1244842

Swine fever outrbreak forces slaughter
February 28 2012 at 05:18pm
By SAPA

A total of 100 pigs have been slaughtered so far in Mpumalanga after an African swine fever outbreak, a health official said on Tuesday.

Director of animal health in the province, Dr Nomfundo Mnisi, said about half of the province was affected by the outbreak...
 
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