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The Papar district just outside the Sabah state capital is the latest to be declared an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak area after the virus was detected in Kampung Kogopon and Kampung Purak.  It is understood the disease was detected in the two villages on Sept 14 but Papar is only deemed an outbreak district now.  Deputy chief minister Jeffrey Kitingan said the ASF virus was to blame for the deaths of 91 backyard pigs in the two villages over a two-week period, resulting in an estimated RM50,000 loss.  “So far, the virus has only affected backyard pigs and not commercial pigs in the district’s four main commercial pig farms,” he said, in a statement here today.  Kitingan, who is also the state agriculture and fisheries minister, said the commercial pig farms house approximately 9,400 pigs.  Aside from Papar, two other districts have been declared ASF outbreak districts namely Kota Kinabalu on Sept 30 and Tenom in the interi

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