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Weekly Overview: Support to Fight African Swine Fever in EU, China
2014-10-20 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - African swine fever (ASF) has been much in the news in the last week as the EU has pledged financial support towards the disease control costs within the area. Germany is stepping up its efforts to keep the infection out of the country by involving hobby farmers and pet pig owners as well as commercial producers and wild boar hunters. FAO has set up its first ASF control project in China.
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