News Forum - African Swine Fever reported at three pig farms in Prachuap Khiri Khan

[Thaiger]

Provincial livestock authorities in Prachuap Khiri Khan discovered three pig farms in Muang and Thap Sakae districts were infected with African Swine Fever. The reports come in the midst of a pork price crisis said to be driven by an outbreak of the highly contagious and deadly viral disease of pigs. 117 pigs from the three farms altogether had to be slaughtered and buried to limit the virus from spreading. If farms with fewer than 50 pigs were found to be infected, all the pigs would be slaughtered. For larger farms, only pigs in the pens infected by the virus […]

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[Fanta]

117 pigs slaughtered. The tip of the iceberg is always the smallest part.

[kalyan]

when humans will get swine fever ?  Next month  ?   

do we have a vaccine for this ?

do we have any varients in the swine fever ?

do we need to put 1,2,3,4 vaccines ?

 

 

[ThailandBob]

15 minutes ago, kalyan said:

do we have any varients in the swine fever ?

Yes, and CDC just announced that the variants will be named after famous TV pigs, starting with the name, "Arnold."

[Noble_Design]

3 minutes ago, ThailandBob said:

Yes, and CDC just announced that the variants will be named after famous TV pigs, starting with the name, "Arnold."

I hope there will be one named Peppa soon