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Pork producers take $154-million swine fever hit

Posted On: Jun. 5, 2019 5:58 AM CST

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Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that an African swine fever epidemic has cost the pork industry $154 million after the disease killed more than 2.2 million pigs, VN Express reported. Animal health officials said that the cost included fees for culling infected pigs and sanitization chemicals. 

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