Vietnam: blue ear pig appeared in 29 provinces

RFA 02.09.2010
According to the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Vietnam, the blue ear pig is currently raging in 29 provinces in the country, after the two provinces of Gia Lai and Quang Ninh province has faced this disease.

Particularly in Gia Lai, the total number of pigs infected over 300 children, 55 of these children have died or been culled.

Meanwhile blue ear pig outbreak in the district of Quang Ninh, Hung Yen province which authorities for the entire herd destroyed nearly 70 children of a family in the district.