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BANGKOK, Aug. 27 (Xinhua): Thailand's Ministry of Agriculture said on Thursday that its Department of Livestock Development is currently probing into the deaths of several pigs suspected to be carrying a type of virus in Thailand's Northern Provinces of Mae Hong Son and Tak.
"We have found 5 dead pigs suspected of contracting porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), which is caused by a virus and can be transmitted among pigs but not to humans, confirmed the department's director-general Sorawit Thaneeto.
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