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Riau Islands rejects WOAH report on swine fever outbreak
Rika Azmi, head of the provincial Food Security, Agriculture and Animal Health Agency, claimed the WOAH did not have the means to determine outbreaks of animal diseases in Indonesia.
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Vendors prepare pork for sale at a market in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat on Jan. 15, 2022. (AFP/Madaree Tohlala)
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he Riau Islands has rejected a report by the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) on an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) on a pig farm in the province.
Rika Azmi, head of the provincial Food Security, Agriculture and Animal Health Agency, claimed the WOAH did not have the means to determine outbreaks of animal diseases in Indonesia.
She said the Indonesian Veterinary Authority had notified the WOAH of an ASF incident on Bulan Island as part of transparency efforts.
“Indonesia will submit a final report on the situation on Bulan Island to the WOAH when the ASF countermeasures can be implemented,” Rika told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday, without saying when the document would be delivered.
The WOAH said on Tuesday that the Indonesian government had reported an ASF outbreak on a farm on Bulan Island.
The outbreak killed 35,297 pigs in a herd of 285,034 on the farm and was detected on April 1 and confirmed on April 28, Reuters reported, citing the WOAH.
The source of the outbreak is unknown, but veterinarian authorities told the WOAH that humans, vehicles, feed, flies and wild boar may have played a role in the introduction of ASF on the farm.
