Pig's Blue-Ear Disease Confirmed in W Cape

WESTERN CAPE - Western Cape Agriculture MEC Cobus Dowry has announced that preliminary tests done at Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute diagnosed the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) on a pig farm in the province's Cape Flats area.

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