Vietnam - Efforts made to restore pig herds
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07-Jul-2010 (15 years 11 months 1 days ago)Nguyen Thanh Son, deputy director of the Department of Livestock Production spoke with Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) about pig farming after the outbreak of blue-ear pig disease.
There were 27.3 million pigs across the country before the outbreak of blue- ear pig disease occurred in April this year. Blue-ear pig disease caused heavy losses from April. About 150,000 pigs have been infected by the disease over the past two months, forcing the culling of 65,900 infected pigs and leaving hundreds of thousands of local pigs unsold.
There were 27.3 million pigs across the country before the outbreak of blue- ear pig disease occurred in April this year. Blue-ear pig disease caused heavy losses from April. About 150,000 pigs have been infected by the disease over the past two months, forcing the culling of 65,900 infected pigs and leaving hundreds of thousands of local pigs unsold.