Beijing, feb 22 (Reuters) – China detected disease in
cattle in a northwestern region but already destroyed to the
animals affected, State media reported on Wednesday.
The virus was found in four cows in Ningxia, said the
Ministry of agriculture, cited in a report by the Agency of
Xinhua News.
“All the infected cattle, as well as other 22 animals that
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had been raised with this, it has been sacrificed”, said the
report. “The epidemic has been contained”.
The foot and mouth disease is a very infectious disease to cattle and
sometimes fatal affects split hoof animals.
Last month, China reported an outbreak in pigs in the
central province of Hubei.
Of China’s swine population tends to be affected by the
disease, as well as the “blue-ear disease”, a
particular problem which in 2008 led to a shortage of pork
and a rise in the prices of meat.
(Report of Ben Blanchard, edited by Gabriel in Spanish
Burin)
