Outbreak of Pig Disease ‘Over’

[geovalin]

Khmer Times/James Reddick

PHNOM PENH (Khmer Times) – Cambodia is now free of “blue-ear” pig disease, which had infected more than 4,000 pigs in five provinces last month, the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday.

“Since a few days ago, they are all cured,” said Tan Phanara, the director of the Animal Health and Production Department of the Ministry of Agriculture.

The disease – which is officially named porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome –was particularly concentrated in Siem Reap Province, where an estimated 1,000 pigs died. In response, the ministry mobilized a team of veterinarians who inspected pigs throughout the country. They worked to separate the sick from the healthy pigs to prevent a further spread and prevented unhealthy animals from being transported from Siem Reap Province.

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[timmyp]

>Cambodia is now free of “blue-ear” pig disease,

The world, however, continues to suffer from rampant fat pig disease.