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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - A vendor cuts meat at a pork stall at a local traditional market in Keelung on October 23, 2025. — AFP pic
TAIPEI, Oct 23 — Taiwan has culled dozens of pigs after detecting its first cases of African swine fever, with the agriculture ministry saying today no other infections have been detected elsewhere on the island.
The illness — which does not affect humans — is highly contagious and fatal for pigs, and an outbreak is potentially devastating for the pork industry, experts say.
“No abnormalities have been observed elsewhere so far,” Deputy Agriculture Minister Tu Wen-jane told a news conference in the central city of Taichung, where the infections were detected.
Samples of dead pigs at a farm in Wuqi district tested positive for swine fever this month, and 195 pigs have been culled, the ministry said yesterday.
A three-kilometre (1.9 miles) “control zone” has been set up to prevent the infection from spreading, while the transport and slaughter of pigs across the island is banned for five days, the statement said.
Taiwan has around five million pigs, and the pork industry generates about NT$70 billion (US$2.3 billion) a year, official data show.
President Lai Ching-te has urged the public “not to panic” and called on local governments, livestock associations and pig farmers to be “highly vigilant.”
“If any abnormal deaths or suspected animal infections are found among pigs, please immediately report them to the local animal quarantine authorities,” Lai said in a Facebook post. — AFP
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