As African Swine Fever plagues other countries, the U.S. works to keep it out
A highly contagious pig disease most recently has been detected in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Source: kmuw.org
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USDA bets big on World Animal Health Organization to help protect U.S. pork trade amid African Swine Fever fears
ASF has been detected in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and if it reaches the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands — just short boat rides away — major pork importing countries would be within their rights to ban all U.S. pork. That is, unless the U.S. successfully uses a new provision in the World Organization for Animal Health’s chapters called the “protection zone.”
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Source: agweek.com