South Korea confirmed another outbreak of swine fever
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Last Update: 2002-10-09
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Lead: on Tuesday, South Korea confirmed another outbreak of swine fever, a disease that affects only pigs with limited impact, but pork exports have stopped The highly contagious swine fever was first reported in April this year, but pork exports have been halted since 2000 due to a series of deadly outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease and the earlier detection of swine fever An official from the Ministry of agriculture told Reuters by telephone that 30 pigs on one farm were positive for swine fever According to the official, authorities will immediately slaughter and destroy pigs within 500 meters of the farm in question The farm is located in Kangwha, Incheon, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) northwest of Seoul On this infected farm, about 1300 pigs were destroyed In August, the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in South Korea was brought under control The first case of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed in May this year At that time, 160000 animals were slaughtered, mainly pigs and cattle Officials estimate the cost of controlling the disease at 142.9 billion yuan ($116.1 million) Foot and mouth disease mainly attacks cloven hoofed animals such as pigs and cattle, but it is harmless to human body (author:) share to feed Weibo share to:
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