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July 01, 2014

Latvia orders pig cull to stem African swine fever
Riga (AFP) June 27, 2014
Latvia ordered a cull of pigs and a 40-day ban on public events in its eastern district of Latgale on Friday amid an outbreak of African swine fever. The disease was detected on Thursday evening when three wild boar were found dead by border guards near the Belarus border, the State Food and Veterinary Service said. Tests showed two of the boar were infected with the disease, which is harmless to humans but lethal to pigs and has no known cure. The disease is thought to have emanated from Be ... read more

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