Swine disease epidemic in parts of China

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Overall swine disease situation in China was stable, said the ministry. -AFP --></TD></TR><TR>

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</TD><TD vAlign=top align=right><FORM method=post name=emailToFriendForm action=emailToFriend.jsp> </FORM><SCRIPT> function openEmailA1AdminWindow(emailToFriendForm) { var emailToFriendPageURL = emailToFriendForm.emailToFriendPageURL.value; emailToFriendForm.action = emailToFriendPageURL; emailToFriendForm.target="_blank"; emailToFriendForm.submit(); } </SCRIPT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><!-- Story Without Image / With eXtra Large Image End --><TR><TD class=bodytext_10pt colSpan=3><!-- CONTENT : start -->BEIJING - China's agriculture ministry has announced that an epidemic of swine disease that killed more than 80,000 pigs in 2007 has emerged in parts of the country.
An outbreak of pathogenic blue-eared pig disease, also known as porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, has appeared in five areas of China, the ministry said in a statement posted on the central government website.
But the overall swine disease situation in China was stable, the ministry said Friday, compared with 2007, when blue-eared pig illness killed over 80,000 pigs, led to the culling of 235,000 others and set pork prices rocketing.
<TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=2 width=300 align=right><TBODY><TR><TD><SCRIPT language=JavaScript src="/static/ads/scripts/adsimu.js"></SCRIPT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>"So far this year, the overall swine disease situation in China remains stable, and in particular, the scope of highly-pathogenic blue-eared pig disease has significantly shrunk," the statement said.
Until October 20, just under 3,300 pigs had died from the disease and 7,724 had been culled.
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Re: Swine disease epidemic in parts of China

The African Swine flu (ASF) is expected to get into the northern provinces bordering Russia.

cf: African swine fever (ASF) reaches northern Russia