The African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak announced in two small-holdings in Mfuleni, north of Khayelitsha, just over 10 days ago is now under control, according to provincial Veterinary Services head Gininda Msiza.
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Mfuleni pig farmers hit hard by African Swine Fever outbreak
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Cape Town - Emerging pig farmers who have lost their pigs to the reported African swine fever (ASF) outbreak in Mfuleni, north of Khayelitsha, are reeling following the subsequent ban on pig sales.
Agriculture MEC Ivan Meyer announced on Thursday that ASF had been identified on two smallholding farms in Mfuleni and Eerste River. He further placed a ban on the sale and movement of live pigs from Mfuleni to limit the disease’s spread.
Khanyiso Sika of Mfuleni, who got into the business in 2016 when he lost his job, said 30 of his pigs had died from the outbreak. “We are in trouble as pig farmers, now the department wants to ban the sale of pigs. We acknowledge the outbreak and if we sell it would cause more problems. We understand that. But now what do we do? The government is failing us farmers and is failing to understand our situation. We depend 100% on these pig sales. Even the pigs that did survive, their s
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This was announced on Thursday by WC MEC of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer.
Meyer has announced a ban on the sale and movement of live pigs from Mfuleni to limit the spread of the disease.
African Swine Fever (ASF) has been identified on two smallholder farms in Mfuleni, Eerste River in Cape Town, Western Cape Agriculture MEC Ivan Meyer said on Thursday.
Meyer said this was confirmed by the postmortem samples submitted to the ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute. This finding follows the intensive investigation conducted by the veterinary services of the Western Cape Department of Agriculture to determine the cause of the pigs dying in the area over the last two weeks, he said in a statement.
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