Pig Disease in China Worries the World
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FOSHAN, China -- At first, it was just some of the piglets. The mother gave birth to 13, all of them stillborn. Within a few weeks, however, she and other adult pigs in neighboring stalls became feverish and died. By the end of the summer, all but a handful of the village's 300 pigs had succumbed to...
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International health officials are increasingly concerned that the elements giving rise to a long-feared international epidemic of influenza are falling into place in Asia, piece by piece.
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China is gearing up to dominate the genetically modified crop game. And the West is increasingly worried about monitoring these products around the globe
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The potential transmission of bird flu between humans is the World Health Organization&#39;s worst fear, said Francois Xavier Meslin, the group&#39;s chief of animal diseases.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Officials of the World Health Organization say they fear the bird flu virus in Southeast Asia could become a worldwide pandemic capable of killing anywhere from 2 million to 7 million people.
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Authorities warn that millions of people could be killed. Humans, rather than animals, would be the carriers of the new flu. The high density of poultry and humans in several Asian countries has been blamed
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China denied claims Monday that a deadly strain of bird flu that killed 27 people in Asia was discovered in the country&#39;s pigs, as the World Health Organisation warned the disease will take several years to contain.
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The Chinese Government says tests have found that its pigs are clear of a highly virulent strain of bird flu. The statement comes several days after a Chinese scientist said cases of the H5N1 strain of the
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Banana growers in southern China have taken to feeding pigs their produce to clear towering stockpiles after a string of rumors about SARS and cancer risks.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday called for measures to prevent a flu pandemic in humans after China said a deadly strain of bird flu was found in pigs, adding to signs that an outbreak among people was likely.
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"The utmost priority is to cull the animals to control disease and to put movement control around so that reduces the risk of any further spread"  Authorities confirmed a new foot-and-mouth outbreak on the outskirts of London on Wednesday, just days after the government lifted livestock restrictions following the appearance of the devastating disease last month.The highly contagious disease was found in cattle grazing in Surrey, a county that borders London, and close to a laboratory that was linked to the August outbreak. The discovery created panic in farming communities that lost millions last month.'I'm really worried because I've got loads of pigs, a few cattle and horses, and we were getting the pigs ready for slaughter tomorrow,' said Andrew Parsons, a Surrey farmer. Read more
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Wild pigs are destroying farmland and forest. Controlling them is becoming serious business.
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Aug 20, 2004 (CIDRAP News) - A step in the progression of avian influenza considered almost inevitable by experts in view of the widespread and continuing Asian outbreaks this yearâits occurrence in pigsâhas been taken, if a Chinese scientist&#39;s
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China should not be singled out for particular concern over food safety, a big problem that rich and poor countries alike must tackle through better regulation, top World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Tuesday.
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China has confirmed that it found a deadly strain of bird flu in pigs as early as two years ago. China&#39;s Agriculture Ministry said two cases had been discovered, but it did not say exactly where the samples had been taken.
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A strain of avian influenza among pigs was found at several farms, a discovery that could move the virus a step closer to becoming a deadly problem for people.
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Rising trend of early human death cases in recent years in China have sounded alert on how to find effective ways to prevent the widespread sub health problems, which has so