Hundreds of Russian pigs to be slaughtered for African Pig Plague

Dec 7, 2010, 17:53 GMT

Kiev/Moscow - Health authorities in Russia's southern Kuban region will slaughter hundreds of pigs possibly infected with African Pig Plague, the Interfax news agency reported Tuesday.

Health experts do not believe African Pig Plague to be dangerous to humans, but pigs and pork infected with the disease are not safe for human consumption.....

The destruction of 904 animals at the swine farm near the village Staroshcherbinskiy is necessary to prevent the spread of the disease, Tsokur said.