The deadly African swine fever is sweeping across China, leading to a sharp decline in the country's pig population, which is the world’s largest
The highly contagious virus has swept across the country more quickly than authorities had expected, devastating the country’s pork industryDAYU, China—Last August, a small farm in northern China reported the unexplained deaths of some of its pigs to authorities. Within days, a few dozen hogs tested positive for a deadly and highly contagious virus, and more than 19,000 pigs in the vicinity were slaughtered.
It was the start of the country’s worst outbreak of a livestock disease in decades. Eight months later, African swine fever has swept across China, showing up more than 1,500 miles from the first confirmed cases.
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