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“Only the farmers can save themselves and as such, they must step up measures, he said, referring to an ASF outbreak declared in Pitas, Sabah, following the discovery of the virus among pigs there.
The outbreak led Sabah Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan to declare that pigs in Pitas and other affected areas would have to be culled.
Sim, who visited a pig farm in Batu Maung on Thursday, noted that “the Veterinary Services Department already has a comprehensive guideline for them (farmers) to follow so we urge them to look into it.
Sim said that since a 2018 AFS outbreak in China, the virus has spread to many countries like Vietnam, the Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia and now Malaysia.