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28 January 2026

Animal health

DVS: Centralised Pig Farming Protects Public Health, Curbs Environmental Pollution

The Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) says modern pig farming can protect public health and ensure environmentally friendly waste management. DVS also says centralised pig farming reduces the risk of Nipah virus outbreaks and disease transmission.

23 January 2026

Animal health

Virologist Lam Sai Kit Backs Bukit Tagar Centralised Pig Farming

Virologist Dr Lam Sai Kit, whose team discovered the Nipah virus during the 1999 outbreak, supports the Bukit Tagar centralised pig farm plan, saying modern pig farming boosts public health protection and curbs the risk of Nipah and ASF disease outbreaks.

26 August 2025

Animal health

Miri MP Highlights Farmers’ Constraints With Adopting Modern Pig Farming

Miri MP Chiew Choon Man cites constraints for farmers to move to modern pig farming, even as farm prices of live pigs in the peninsula jumped 140% from 2019 to 2025 due to a persistent ASF epidemic, among other structural factors. There's no ASF vaccine.

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DVS: Centralised Pig Farming Protects Public Health, Curbs Environmental Pollution

Virologist Lam Sai Kit Backs Bukit Tagar Centralised Pig Farming

Miri MP Highlights Farmers’ Constraints With Adopting Modern Pig Farming

Pork Importers Back Pig Farming Ban In Selangor

Time To Phase Out Colonial-Era PTD Scheme From Malaysia’s Civil Service

Sultan Sharafuddin Wants Total Pig Farming Ban In Selangor

Half Of EPF Members Have Under RM50,000, KWAP Warns Of ‘Optimism Bias’

Critical Manpower Shortage, Unsafe Working Conditions At HTAR Klang — Medical Officer