Philippines confirms African swine fever outbreak in Cebu

MANILA: The Philippines' agriculture department on Wednesday (Mar 8) confirmed an outbreak of African swine fever in central Cebu province, and has deployed response teams to detect the extent of infection. The department's Bureau of Animal Industry said 58 out of 149 blood samples from Carcar City in Cebu

MANILA: The Philippines' agriculture department on Wednesday confirmed an outbreak of African swine fever in central Cebu province, and has deployed response teams to detect the extent of infection.

The latest outbreak adds to the list of active African swine fever cases in 12 of the Southeast Asian country's more than 80 provinces, based on the agriculture department's latest data.

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