PETALING JAYA: Pig farmers and butchers say that they are worried that the African swine fever (ASF) has reached “pandemic proportions”, with some already thinking of quitting the industry.
As certain states with big farms such as Perak do not have well-equipped slaughterhouses, live pigs are usually sent to Selangor to be slaughtered to enable fresh pork to reach customers in the shortest time.
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