Dominican Republic limits pig shipments, uses military to fight hog virus 07/29/2021 | 05:34pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields 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