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09 December 2021

Agriculture Ministry now able to investigate and diagnose African swine fever

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 09 Dec 2021   

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, through its Veterinary Services Division, now has the capacity to investigate and diagnose any suspected case of African swine fever (ASF), within 20 minutes to two hours of collection of samples utilizing, among other techniques, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Testing.

With the detection of ASF in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, local officials continue to place the country in a state of high alert for this disease. ASF is being detected in the Western Hemisphere for the first time in approximately 40 years.

ASF is a highly...

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