Blue ear pig spread to 32 provinces

RFA 29.09.2010
A report by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development today said Vietnam has detected blue ear pig disease in some provinces in central Phu Yen and Ninh Thuan is, bringing the total to 32 provinces with outbreaks.


In Ninh Thuan Province, the disease has appeared in 34 households in 11 communes. Number of pigs infected more than 300 children, of whom 72 had died or been culled.

In Phu Yen province, there were 125 pig disease and destruction.