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Third African swine fever
case in China's Liaoning province this week
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[October 11, 2018]
BEIJING (Reuters) - A
new outbreak of African swine fever has been detected in China's
northeastern Liaoning province, the agriculture ministry said on
Thursday, the province's third case this week.
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 The latest outbreak was found on a farm with 1,353 pigs in the city
of Dalian. The fever killed 11 pigs and infected 20 others, the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on its website.
The frequency of outbreaks in the region has intensified concerns
that the highly contagious disease is spreading fast among the
world's largest pig herds.
Authorities have banned the transport of live pigs and products to
and from the infected area, the statement said.
Dalian is the province's third city with a confirmed outbreak after
the swine fever was detected this week in Anshan and Yingkou.
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(Reporting by Hallie Gu and Tom Daly; editing by Darren Schuettler)
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