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En Dajabón ya no hay cerdos , dice senador de la provincia
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African Swine Fever Detected in the Dominican Republic, Raising Concerns • Farm Policy News
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The disease is typically fatal to pigs, though harmless to humans. Cases hurt farmers and meat companies financially because animals die and governments often restrict pork shipments from infected nations. Controlling the disease’s spread to new countries in the Americas “will be critical to protect food security and livelihoods of some of the world’s most vulnerable populations,” the OIE said.
The disease originated in Africa before spreading to Europe and Asia and has killed hundreds of millions of pigs, while reshaping global meat and feed markets.
Investigations are underway to determine how it entered the Dominican Republic, the OIE said. Pigs on two farms in provinces located roughly 200 kilometers apart have been infected, according to the report.
African Swine Fever (ASF) in the Americas: CAHSFA advises member states to intensify protective measures
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Dominican Republic limits pig shipments, uses military to fight hog virus
07/29/2021 | 05:34pm EDT
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July 29 (Reuters) - The Dominican Republic is halting pig
shipments in two provinces and mobilizing the military to
contain the deadly hog disease African swine fever, the
country s agriculture ministry said on Thursday.
U.S. testing of 389 samples from pigs raised on farms and in
backyards in the Dominican Republic indicate the contagious
disease is in a small population of backyard pigs from Sánchez
Ramírez and Montecristi provinces, according to a ministry
statement.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday confirmed