Pig cull in Vietnam
17/07/2008
The Vietnamese minister of agriculture and rural development, Cao Duc Phat, has ordered a cull of pigs in the Quang Tri province of the country. The province is suspected of having suffered an outbreak of blue-ear disease.
Mr Phat said sick pigs must not be treated. He said the longer pigs suspected of having blue-ear disease were kept alive, the greater the risk of the epidemic spreading, which could have devastating repercussions for the meat industry in Vietnam, he suggested.
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