Source: Vietnambiz.vn
Especially at the Oke-Aro pig farm, it was necessary to destroy up to 500,000 infected pigs. A livestock worker here said, for the first time the epidemic became out of control.
Swine fever frequently appears in Africa, with more than 60 outbreaks only from 2016-2019. pigs in particular.
Specifically, according to unofficial estimates, about 20,000 people lost their jobs, the damage if put into money could amount to more than 50 million USD. According to experts, the country’s pig industry needs at least 2 more years to recover.
African swine fever has also “devastated” China’s pig industry, “wiping out” a third of the country’s swine herds. The virus is harmless to humans but causes death in pigs and there is no cure or vaccine.
