ecns [expanded by feedex.net]: Epidemic found in dead pigs drifting on river

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Epidemic found in dead pigs drifting on river
http://www.ecns.cn/2013/03-11/53472.shtml
Mar 11th 2013, 04:51

2013-03-11 13:51     Web Editor: Wang YuXia
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Dead pigs floating down a river in Songjiang District were found killed by porcine circovirus, an epidemic disease that took a high toll on pigs in recent years, the Shanghai Agricultural Commission said this morning.


Experts from the Shanghai Animal Diseases Control and Prevention Centre collected hearts, livers, spleens, lungs, lymph nodes and tonsils from five carcasses found floating on the river last Friday.


They found six viral pathogens in the samples, including the deadly porcine circovirus. But the virus is not a zoonosis and it will not infect humans, the commission said, adding that it will continue to investigate the cause of the dead pigs.


By yesterday, more than 1,200 dead pigs had been removed from the river.





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