Punthari piggery prepares for potential outbreak

Vanessa Binks
Updated July 4 2022 - 11:10pm, first published April 22 2022 - 2:00am
INDUSTRY READY: Punthari's Hannah Starick and her father Matthew with Chelsea Harrop checking water points to reduce mosquito activity.
INDUSTRY READY: Punthari's Hannah Starick and her father Matthew with Chelsea Harrop checking water points to reduce mosquito activity.

THE number of SA piggeries impacted by Japanese encephalitis has risen to seven and many operators are on high alert as the locations of exposure sites suddenly changes direction.

Vanessa Binks

Vanessa Binks

Markets Editor/Journalist

I am the Markets Editor and journalist at the Stock Journal. I am based at Nuriootpa in SA's lower north.

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