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Cambodia bans live pig imports from Thailand, Vietnam

Cambodia bans live pig imports from Thailand, Vietnam

Officials step up surveillance for African Swine Fever after Thai disclosure

A truck transporting pigs from Thailand crosses the O’smach border checkpoint in Oddar Meanchey province, opposite Kab Choeng district of Surin. (Khmer Times photo)

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has temporarily stopped the import of pigs from its neighbours Thailand and Vietnam, due to an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF).

The decison came after after the Department of Livestock Development of Thailand on Tuesday detected an ASF case in a slaughterhouse in Nakhon Pathom, raising concerns for breeders across the country, the Khmer Times reported on Friday.

“Cambodia is taking strict measures to test all imported pigs from those…

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