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Southern China: outbreak of swine fever (pig plague)

Celvin11

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Outbreak of swine fever in Southern China

The Epoch Times Ukraine. Date 19/12/2009 Google translator http://www.epochtimes.com.ua/ru/articles/view/4/16873.html

China. В пострадавшем от прошлогоднего землетрясения районе южной провинции Сычуань началась эпидемия чумы у свиней.
In last year's earthquake-affected area* of the southern province of Sichuan outbreak of plague in pigs.

Большинство животных умерло, хозяева свиноферм понесли большие убытки.
Most of the animals died, the owners of pig farms suffered heavy losses.

Местные власти не только блокируют информацию об этом, но и откровенно закрывают глаза на торговлю умершими от чумы животными.
Local authorities are not only block information about this, but frankly a blind eye to trafficking in dead from the plague animals.

Один из местных фермеров в окрестностях города Пэнчуань по фамилии Хэ, рассказал корреспонденту радио Sound Of Hope, что у него было более ста голов свиней, больше половины которых умерли.
One of the local farmers around the city Penchuan named Ho, told the correspondent of Radio Sound Of Hope, that he had more than a hundred head of hogs, more than half of whom died.

У другого фермера по фамилии Ван, тоже погибло более 50 свиней, страховая компания заплатила страховку только за 20 голов, остальное сказали, что заплатить не смогут.
In another farmer named Wang, also killed more than 50 pigs, the insurance company paid the insurance only 20 goals, the rest were told that would not be able to pay.

Местные жители рассказали также, что во всей округе умерло так много свиней, однако местные СМИ об этом ни разу ничего не сообщали.
Locals also said that throughout the district have died so many pigs, but local media reported this never nothing to report.

Некоторые также рассказали, что умерших свиней можно продать на рынке оптовому покупателю по низким ценам, и что все знают, где и как это делается, но власти не обращают на это внимание.
Some have also said that the dead pigs can be sold on the wholesale market to the buyer at a low price, and that everyone knows where and how to do it, but the authorities do not pay attention to it.

Районы, где произошла вспышка чумы свиней, сильно пострадали от прошлогоднего майского землетрясения, которое унесло жизни около 100 тысяч человек.
Areas where an outbreak of swine fever, suffered greatly from the May of last year's earthquake, which killed about 100 thousand people.

Жители этих районов ещё не совсем оправились от пережитого, а тут новая беда.
Residents of these areas have not quite recovered from the experienced, but now a new misfortune.

Некоторые говорят, что психика у них от всего этого уже на пределе и может случиться срыв.
Some say that they have the mentality of all this is already stretched to the limit and failure can happen.

Аналогичная ситуация с аналогичной реакцией местных властей произошла в октябре этого года в юго-восточной провинции Чжэцзян.
A similar situation with a similar reaction of local authorities took place in October this year in south-eastern province of Zhejiang.

В 19 деревнях от чумы умерли все свиньи.
In 19 villages of all the pigs died of plague.

Несмотря на обращения крестьян, власти не предпринимали никаких действий.
Despite the treatment of the peasants, the authorities took no action.

А тем временем мясо больных животных продавалось на оптовые рынки в близлежащих городах.
Meanwhile, the meat of sick animals sold at wholesale markets in nearby towns.

*2008 Sichuan earthquake
en.wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Sichuan_earthquake
 
Re: Southern China: outbreak of swine fever (pigs plague)

Re: Southern China: outbreak of swine fever (pigs plague)

OK. Epoch Times is a really bad source - it is run by anti-Chinese dissidents outside of China who seek to embarrass the Chinese government. Other similar sources include NTDTV, Sound of Hope (which the above article actually cites), and others. They have reported many phantom outbreaks ("airborne super AIDS", a false hemorrhagic fever outbreak in summer 2008, several false pneumonic plague outbreaks in Heilongjiang, etc.). They mainly publish in English and Chinese, but you seem to have found a Russian site as well, and I have seen it in French and Spanish.

I believe the agent responsible for the outbreak above is swine fever, or possibly the "blue ear" disease (PRRS) not swine flu or any kind of plague (Y. Pestis). That agent does not affect humans.
 
Re: Southern China: outbreak of swine fever (pig plague)

I noticed Epoch Times may sound a bit anti by the 'tone' in their wording.

The TOPIC raised is of some concern though. Hence, I posted the article.

It seems that local authorities in the area receives criticism due to lack of action. It is also possible to get some understanding of the distress people experiencing having to face outbreak of swine fever not long after a major earthquake from the content in the news article
 
Re: Southern China: outbreak of swine fever (pig plague)

Swine fever aka pig plague

Swine fever / pig plague is an animal disease not to be confused neither with swine flu nor with plague

CLASSICAL SWINE fever (CSF), otherwise known as hog cholera (also sometimes called pig plague based on the German word Schweinepest), is a highly contagious disease that comes from pigs and wild boar. It is caused by Pestivirus, which belongs to the family Flaviviridae.

Swine fever causes fever, skinlesions, convulsions particularly in young animals and fatality within 15 days. The disease is endemic in much of Asia, Central and South America and parts of Europe and Africa. The major symptom of this virus infection in pigs is the pinpoint hemorrhages on the kidneys.

Classical swine fever (CSF) is a highly contagious and deadly disease in pigs which, despite intensive efforts, has not been eradicated from Europe. Outbreaks continue to occur and it is enzootic in some countries. An EU funded FAIR project has contributed enormously to rapid diagnosis of the disease and to tracing the origins of each outbreak.

Classical swine fever is a notifiable viral disease caused by a member of the Pestivirus genus of the Flaviviridae family of ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses. It is a particularly dangerous disease as it is highly contagious and can cause high mortality rates with no effective treatment. A global battle is underway to eliminate the disease; Europe has many disease-free countries but it still experiences outbreaks such as have recently occurred in Spain, Germany and Luxembourg and were seen in the UK in 2000 and the Netherlands in 1997.

A serious outbreak of the disease in the Netherlands in 1997-98 led to the death or slaughter of some 12 million pigs as part of the eradication campaign. The cost of this outbreak was estimated to be US$2.5-3 billion.

http://ec.europa.eu/research/agriculture/projects_showcase09_en.htm
 
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