Spanish Hog Cholera (Swine Fever) Update; September 2001
By USDA FAS - After reporting 14 separate outbreaks of Hog Cholera (Classical Swine Fever) in July, 2001 Spanish animal health authorities say that only two outbreaks occurred in August. About 132,000 hogs have been destroyed in the control program since the first outbreak was reported on June 14. With increasing confidence that the this episode of the disease is winding down, the Ministry of Agriculture has loosened its controls on movements of hogs to market.
6 September 2001
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