Biggest Animal Disease Outbreak Ever Is Spreading Like Wildfire June 6 2019
“It makes the foot and mouth disease and [mad cow disease] outbreaks pale in comparison to the damage that is being done,” Pfeiffer told The Guardian.
African swine fever (ASF) causes pigs to die from internal hemorrhaging, and passes easily across borders as the virus can survive for several weeks in vehicles used to transport pigs. There is no vaccine for the disease, and contaminated animals must be slaughtered to stop it from spreading.
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