November 13, 2019

More than 1,000 Classical swine fever infected swine buried in Indonesia

Carcasses were pulled from waterways in Medan, capital of North Sumatra with more carcasses still floating in rivers and a lake, reported AFP.

Muhammad Yunus, a local government official said carcasses were abandoned about eight days ago, as local residents complained about the bad smell.

Officials are in the process of cleaning and burying the swine carcasses.

North Sumatra has reported about 6,000 swine dead in total, many of which have been disposed into local waterways.

Lab tests on the disposed swine have tested positive for Classical swine fever (CSF), however officials are running tests for African swine fever as well.

Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara reported a CSF outbreak in 2017, which killed 10,000 pigs and resulted in huge economic losses for farmers in the region.

-      AFP