BEIJING (Reuters) - China, the world's largest pork producer, has found foot-and-mouth disease among pigs in the central province of Hubei, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday.
The virus was detected in 24 live pigs in the county of Badong on December 27 and all the sick pigs along with another 71 raised together have been culled, the ministry said, adding that the epidemic is under control.
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