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ASF Bhutan: Virus hits 16th country in Asia

by NEWSROOM


African Swine Fever (ASF) has come to the 16th country in Asia, as it has now been reported in Bhutan. The virus was discovered on May 6.

The virus was confirmed in a group of in total 1,310 pigs in Puentshogling Town, which is located right at the border between Bhutan and India. According to a report by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), all the affected and susceptible pigs are stray scavenging pigs. These pigs would move across the Bhutan-India border, uncontrolled.

ASF on the move inside India

The town borders the Indian…



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