27,344 ASF-infected pigs culled in Penang this year

BUKIT MERTAJAM: A total of 27,344 pigs have been culled in Penang so far this year to contain the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the state.

Penang Veterinary Services Department (DVS) director Dr Saira Banu Mohamed Rejab said that livestock at 21 of the 30 commercial pig farms where ASF was positively identified had already been disposed of by suffocation with carbon dioxide gas, adding that the remaining nine farms were instructed to slaughter their pigs at designated abattoirs before selling them after the second test showed that the animals had tested negative for ASF.