Bulgaria destroys pigs to control swine fever
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Last Update: 2002-04-23
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Lead: Sofia (Reuters) - 13 out of 28 provinces have suffered from swine fever, Bulgaria's National Veterinary Service (NVS) said on Monday To control the spread of the disease, 364 sick pigs have been destroyed Classical swine fever is harmless to human health, but it spreads rapidly in the pig population, which will cause direct losses to the production of pigs "There are many reasons for the outbreak of CSFV, but the main reasons include the use of expired vaccines, the lack of strict control over compulsory veterinary vaccination, and the transaction of pigs," roumen karamanov, deputy director of NVs, told reporters He declined to say whether more pigs would be destroyed, but said NVS had the ability to control the disease quickly In order to control the spread of the epidemic, the local veterinary department has announced a ban on pig trading activities and imposed a pig embargo in the affected provinces Veterinary officials also said that in the past few years, there have been occasional cases of swine fever in Bulgaria, but they have been quickly controlled In 2001, the number of live pigs in Bulgaria was about 1 million, 20% - 30% less than the previous year (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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