Tanzania: 2021 African Swine Fever

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Source: https://africa.cgtn.com/2021/01/17/at-least-500-pigs-killed-by-african-swine-fever-in-tanzania/

At least 500 pigs killed by African swine fever in Tanzania
By XINHUA -
6 hours ago

At least 500 pigs have been killed by the African swine fever in Tanzania’s northern district of Kahama in Shinyanga region, an official said on Sunday.

Anamringi Macha, the Kahama district commissioner, said the pigs had been killed since the African swine fever, a highly contagious haemorrhagic viral disease of domestic and wild pigs, broke out in late December 2020...

 

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Source: https://menafn.com/1101503464/African-swine-fever-kills-over-1155-pigs-in-Tanzania&source=30


African swine fever kills over 1,155 pigs in Tanzania
Date
1/27/2021 3:45:51 PM

(MENAFN) The number of pigs killed by the African swine fever in northern Tanzania has risen from 500 to 1,155, an official said on Wednesday.

Hezron Nonga, the director of Veterinary Services in the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, told Xinhua in a telephone interview that out of the 1,155 killed pigs, 909 were in Kahama district, 56 in Geita district, 38 in Mbogwe district, 147 in Sengerema district, four in Kyerwa district and one in Misungwi district...