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Pig Wasting Syndrome Costing Farmers Millions

2013-03-27 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

UK - Stark new figures show that a common pig virus, present on 99 per cent of pig farms has major economic implications for individual farmers and the pig industry as a whole, costing British farmers as much as £84 per pig (if the pig dies from the syndrome), and during epidemic periods, such as 2008, costing the pig industry £88M per year.

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