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New African swine fever variants kill millions of pigs in China, devastating herd rebuild plan – ABC News
A devastating second wave of the deadly disease that claimed the lives of tens of millions of pigs last year appears to have rendered China’s plan to rebuild its…
A second wave of African swine fever (ASF) is estimated to have killed as many as eight million pigs in China since the start of the year, derailing the country’s plans to rebuild its national herd.
Key points:
- New variants of the pig-killing disease African swine fever have emerged in Asia
- Tens of millions of pigs were killed by the disease last year, creating a huge protein shortage
- China’s aim to rebuild its pig herd by the middle of the year now seem impossible, according to analysts
The first…
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