Infected pigs slaughtered

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian troops stepped up the slaughter of pigs yesterday to halt a virus outbreak that has killed at least …

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian troops stepped up the slaughter of pigs yesterday to halt a virus outbreak that has killed at least 61 people. The government will try a new culling method using carbon monoxide gas to help speed up the operation.

The Japanese encephalitis virus, spread by culex mosquitoes but harboured in pigs, has prompted a health scare and ravaged Malaysia's £282 million pig-breeding industry.

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