Published on: Tuesday, March 02, 2021
By: The Star
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Kota Kinabalu: Malaysia has notified international animal health organisations of five African Swine Fever (ASF) viral outbreaks in Sabah that involve domesticated pigs and wild boars.
According the World Organisation for Animal Health (OiE) website, Malaysia has confirmed outbreaks in Sabah’s northern Pitas and Kota Marudu, as well as neighbouring Beluran.
The biggest outbreak was the widely reported case at Kampung Ompungoi in Pitas that involved 212 domesticated pigs which was detected on Feb 8.
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The notification also confirmed the detection of ASF in five wild boars at a forest reserve in the Sugut area of neighbouring Beluran that was initially reported to have no cases on Feb 8.