Taipei  - Taiwan slaughtered 210 goats on two goat farms near Taipei following goat pox outbreak on 2 goat farms, a newspaper said on Sunday.

The China Times said that goats began to fall ill on the two farms in Taoyuan County in May, and on June 27, laboratory tests confirmed goat pox had broken out on these farms.

From July 1-4, the Council of Agriculture slaughtered the 210 infected goats on the two farms and disinfected the farms.

It was the first time that Taiwan ever had a goat pox outbreak. The Council of Agriculture suspects tourists brought the disease to the farms. (dpa)