In this country of Southeast Asia, more than 4 thousand pigs died. Initial laboratory tests show that African swine fever is absent, but no official confirmation has yet been received.

In the north of North Sumatra, Indonesia, more than 4,000 died in early November. According to national press reports, it was initially assumed that the animals suffered from classical swine fever (CSF).

However, according to Fahar Samping, director of animal health at the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture, laboratory tests currently show that pig deaths were caused by both the CoES virus and African swine fever (ASF).

Since further trials are not yet complete, an official report on the first outbreak of ASF at the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has not yet been made. If the suspicion is confirmed, Indonesia will become the twelfth Asian country with African swine fever.

In early September, ASF was discovered in East Timor as the 11th Asian state, only 650 km away. from Australia.

In addition, the virus would have made another leap over more than 1 thousand km., Since the nearest known outbreak site is located in Ka Mau in southern Vietnam. Concerned farmers in northern Sumatra have slaughtered hundreds of dead pigs in nearby rivers.

Indonesia is not a large producer of pork because of its majority Muslim population. It is estimated that production in the country will be about 330 thousand tons.

Most pigs are raised on the islands of the Small Probe, under the influence of Christians, and in the Hindu castle of Bali. In North Sumatra, production is expected to reach 43 thousand tons per year.

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