Thu, 05 Aug 2010
DPA
Phnom Penh - Cambodia has banned the import of pigs from Vietnam and Thailand after swine infected with blue-ear disease were smuggled into the country from neighbouring Vietnam and infected others.
The ban was announced by Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday, who also asked market vendors to keep pork prices stable.
"I would like to appeal to provincial authorities, especially provinces near the borders of Vietnam and Thailand, to suspend pig imports," Hun Sen said, warning that the disease could spread rapidly through the pig population.
Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun said the outbreak had followed an order by Hanoi instructing pig farmers in neighbouring Vietnam to slaughter infected swine.
But he said some farmers had instead dumped their pigs across the border in Cambodia at knock-down prices, spreading the disease, which is also known as porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome.
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