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    Two epidemics threatening Timor-Leste - COVID-19 and African swine fever

    Rapid spread of ASF in Timor-Leste facilitated by freely roaming animals and swill feeding
    calendar icon 23 July 2020
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    By: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
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    "Boiling food scraps before feeding these to livestock or building small household pens to contain animals are practical options for smallholder farmers in low income countries."

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    Understanding the impacts of African swine fever will help to target investments to address the disease in Timor-Leste where pigs are an important cultural and economic asset for many smallholder farmers. Photo: ACIAR/Conor Ashleigh.
    Understanding the impacts of African swine fever will help to target investments to address the disease in Timor-Leste where pigs are an important cultural and economic asset for many smallholder farmers. Photo: ACIAR/Conor Ashleigh.
    Allowing pigs to scavenge is facilitating the spread of African swine fever. Photo: Tarni Cooper, University of Queensland.
    Allowing pigs to scavenge is facilitating the spread of African swine fever. Photo: Tarni Cooper, University of Queensland.
    A piglet is loaded into a truck with roofing thatch as part of a ceremony to repair a traditional Timorese sacred house. Pig-ownership is important in Timor-Leste’s culture. Photo: Tarni Cooper, University of Queensland.
    A piglet is loaded into a truck with roofing thatch as part of a ceremony to repair a traditional Timorese sacred house. Pig-ownership is important in Timor-Leste’s culture. Photo: Tarni Cooper, University of Queensland.

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