More than 1,000 African Swine Fever outbreaks across the border in Vietnam last year have kept up the pressure on pork prices here, as over 5,000 pigs died or were also culled in Cambodia in 2020 due to the disease.
Civil servants are stuffing themselves with pork in a public relations blitz intended to shore up and sow confidence in Cambodian meat amid outbreaks of African swine fever.
Accounts from pig raisers in Kandal province and warnings from health experts suggest African swine fever outbreaks may have outpaced official reports, raising concerns about the speed of response.
As many as 500 hogs a day are entering the country from Vietnam, where an outbreak of the deadly African swine fever has forced the
Hundreds of pigs have been culled in Ratanakkiri province as authorities work to contain an outbreak of African swine fever.
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