Sri Lanka: 2025 African Swine Fever

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Source: https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking...s-around-67-000-pigs-and-wild-boar/108-313225

African Swine Fever outbreak affects around 67,000 pigs and wild boar
3 July 2025 08:34 am

By Poojathmi Rivithma

Sri Lanka is grappling with a severe outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF), a highly contagious and fatal disease that has affected around 67,000 pigs and wild boars, according to the Government Information Department.

Director General of the Department of Animal Production and Health, Dr. Hemali Kothalawala, said that strict control measures have been introduced, including a ban on the transport, sale, and slaughter of pigs and pork products in the affected areas.

She noted that in 2024, the virus rapidly spread across several provinces, including the Western, Uva, Northern, and North Western Provinces.​..

 

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Source: https://economynext.com/sri-lanka-a...emic-waning-after-claiming-67000-pigs-231074/

Sri Lanka African Swine Fever epidemic waning after claiming 67,000 pigs
Sunday July 20, 2025 1:00 pm

ECONOMYNEXT – The spread of African Swine Fever in the Sri Lanka is about 95 percent under control, Hemali Kothalawala, Director General of the Department of Animal Production and Health has said after 2,500 farms were infected, killing of 67,000 hogs and also infecting wild boars.

“We have curtailed the spread by taking stringent measures; veterinary surgeons inspect pig farms and ensure biosafety methods is maintained, and we have banned the transport of infected pigs and meat,” Kothalawala told reporters at a recent briefing.

“There’s only a handful of cases being reported now.”

2,500 farms across the nine provinces were infected, while 251 farms have now re-opened.

“The number of reported deaths is 67,000. But we feel the actual number of deaths is more, because of unreported deaths.”​...