There is no existing law that empowers Veterinary Services Department of Sabah, Malaysia, to force a shutdown of an illegal pig farm located in Tamparuli.
Datuk Adnan Hussain, director-general of Malaysia s Fisheries Department, said that the country s aquaculture sector has experienced substantial losses amounting to MYR 438,500 (~US$95,000; MYR 1 = US$0.22) due to the impact of the El Nino phenomenon, Malay Mail reported.
Vaccines against African swine fever (ASF) being tested in Vietnam are close to approval, global and US veterinary officials said, in what would be a major breakthrough to tackle the disease that regularly ravages pig farms worldwide.
Victorias City in northern Negros Occidental province, the Philippines, reported nine cases of African swine fever (ASF) on June 6, including seven detected from pigs in the slaughterhouse of the Victorias Foods Corporation (VFC).