KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia plans to cull 3,000 wild and domestic pigs after an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar and backyard pigs in the state of Sabah on Borneo island in mid-February.
The disease was detected in at least 300 pigs in three districts – Pitas, Kota Marudu, and Beluran – after a reported case involving the death of a wild boar last month, according to a World Organization for Animal Health alert issued on Friday. This was the first discovery of the disease in Malaysia, the alert said.
Twenty-two pigs have already been culled in efforts to curb the outbreak, said Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Jeffrey Kitingan in a statement on Sunday.
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