Nepal has reported its first cases of African swine fever (ASF) , the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Thursday.
Six outbreaks of the virus were recorded among farm pigs in the region around the capital Kathmandu, with 934 animals dying of the disease out of 1,364 infections, the OIE said, citing a report from the Nepalese authorities.
(Reporting by Gus Trompiz, editing by Sybille de La Hamaide)
ASF is a deadly disease of pigs, but does not pose any human or food safety risk. Read more about ASF here.
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