China deals with blue ear disease in pigs

Mr. Yin Chengjie, deputy minister of China's agriculture ministry, said the country is currently experiencing a crisis of blue ear disease in pigs. Many areas in China are infected with this disease and most pigs have not been vaccinated.

(Thepigsite) Mr. Yin said the main reason for the widespread epidemic is the transport of live pigs. Mr. Yin also said that the government has now spent 36.5 million USD to focus on research on a vaccine to prevent and release to farmers.

Blue ear disease is caused by a virus that infects the lymphatic system in the pig's lungs and symptoms are pig's ears turning green. According to experts, the risk of this disease spreading to humans is not available.

It is known that the hot and humid climate of the summer is the most favorable condition to spread the disease. During the spring and summer of last year, the blue ear disease in pigs caused great damage to pig farmers in China.

According to official figures, in the first 5 months of this year, 19,000 pigs died of blue ear disease and another 6,000 were killed to prevent the disease from spreading.

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