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Pig farmers report strange disease killing their animals
Cases reported in rural communities of Montecristi and Dajabón
Local June 27, 2021 | 10:11 am
Hundreds of pigs have died in a little less than two months in different rural communities of Montecristi and Dajabón because of a strange disease that has shaken pig farms and devastated pig farmers.
The cause of the disease, which causes coagulation in the animals’ blood and “turns their intestines black,” was unknown to the farmers, who have been looking for ways to cure their animals. Still, no medicine can overcome the disease that ends up killing them.
“Yes, it is new for us because there is no medication, one asks at the veterinary and they say they don’t know,” they expressed.
“I alone have lost around 40,000 pesos in a few days, easily the whole breeding is gone. This is devastating what has happened,” said concerned pig farmer Rodolfo Pichardo...
Pig farmers report strange disease killing their animals
Cases reported in rural communities of Montecristi and Dajabón
Local June 27, 2021 | 10:11 am
Hundreds of pigs have died in a little less than two months in different rural communities of Montecristi and Dajabón because of a strange disease that has shaken pig farms and devastated pig farmers.
The cause of the disease, which causes coagulation in the animals’ blood and “turns their intestines black,” was unknown to the farmers, who have been looking for ways to cure their animals. Still, no medicine can overcome the disease that ends up killing them.
“Yes, it is new for us because there is no medication, one asks at the veterinary and they say they don’t know,” they expressed.
“I alone have lost around 40,000 pesos in a few days, easily the whole breeding is gone. This is devastating what has happened,” said concerned pig farmer Rodolfo Pichardo...
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