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Livestock officials have ordered farmers in a district of Chiang Mai to not move their pigs off farms. This measure in Doi Saket district is meant to prevent the possible spread of African Swine Fever (ASF).  The order comes after a pig in the district died on November 21. Livestock officials visited the farm to test another pig that was sick, and detected DNA of the ASF virus by real time PCR. The officials ordered for the pig’s carcass to be properly disposed, and for the farm to be thoroughly disinfected. They then ordered all pig farms within a five-kilometre […]

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