China's pig epidemic brought under control

时间：2007-10-30 07:40:49

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Oct. 30 - China has brought blue-ear pig disease under control, Gao Hongbin, vice1 minister of agriculture, said at a press conference held on Monday.

 

The disease, which has been on the decline since it peaked in June, has been checked within all the epidemic2 outbreak areas, he said.

 

By Oct. 25, the highly pathogenic disease, also known as Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome3, had infected 310,134 pigs in 1,030 epidemic outbreaks in 304 counties of 26 Chinese provincial4 areas, of which 81,030 died and 235,380 were culled5, he said.

 

The dangerous husbandry disease can be fatal for pigs and is highly infectious. There is no effective cure to it, but vaccinated6 pigs are immune. The disease does no harm to human beings.

 

China has been carrying out a vaccination7 program and has tightened8 supervision9 on the transportation, trading and slaughtering10 of pigs to combat the disease, said Gao.

 

The epidemic has caused pork supply shortage and fuelled price rises in recent months, which resulted in a 6.5-percent increase in the consumer price index in August, an 11-year high.

 

Central and local governments have promised a fund of 14.6 billion yuan (1.9 billion U.S. dollars) this year to encourage farmers to raise pigs and boost pork supplies.

 

By Oct. 18, the average price of pork in Chinese shops had dropped 11 percent from its peak in August.

 

Yet pressure on inflation from foodstuffs11 remained. For instance, in one week in October the price of peanut oil soared 10 percent in a single week in southern China's Guangdong Province.

 

China's consumer price index rose by 4.1 percent in the first nine months of this year compared with the same period in 2006, and the annual rate is expected to hit 4.5 percent by the year end.

 

Chinese police have arrested the producers of fake vaccines13 believed to have caused an outbreak of the blue-ear pig disease in central China's Hubei Province, the ministry14 of Agriculture said on Sunday.

 

A stock farm in Jiangling county of Hubei bought a batch15 of vaccine12 for the blue-ear pig disease in June through an illegal channel from Beijing, which resulted in an outbreak of the deadly pig epidemic, causing nearly 1 million yuan (133,690 U.S. dollars) of loss, said a ministry spokesman.

 

Investigations16 showed that the vaccines were fake products without any production licence and that the company did not exist.

 

Beijing police have arrested a key suspect and smashed three workshops that made the fake vaccine.

 
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1 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
2 epidemic 5iTzz     
n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的
参考例句：
  • That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
  • The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。
3 syndrome uqBwu     
n.综合病症；并存特性
参考例句：
  • The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
  • Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。
4 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
5 culled 14df4bc70f6bf01d83bf7c2929113cee     
v.挑选，剔除( cull的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • The herd must be culled. 必须有选择地杀掉部分牧畜。 来自辞典例句
  • The facts were culled from various sources. 这些事实是从各方收集到的。 来自辞典例句
6 vaccinated 8f16717462e6e6db3389d0f736409983     
[医]已接种的，种痘的，接种过疫菌的
参考例句：
  • I was vaccinated against tetanus. 我接种了破伤风疫苗。
  • Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child? 你小时候打过天花疫苗吗？
7 vaccination bKGzM     
n.接种疫苗，种痘
参考例句：
  • Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.种痘是预防天花的方法。
  • Doctors suggest getting a tetanus vaccination every ten years.医生建议每十年注射一次破伤风疫苗。
8 tightened bd3d8363419d9ff838bae0ba51722ee9     
收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）变紧； （使）绷紧； 加紧
参考例句：
  • The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
  • His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。
9 supervision hr6wv     
n.监督，管理
参考例句：
  • The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
  • The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。
10 slaughtering 303e79b6fadb94c384e21f6b9f287a62     
v.屠杀，杀戮，屠宰( slaughter的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • The Revolutionary Tribunal went to work, and a steady slaughtering began. 革命法庭投入工作，持续不断的大屠杀开始了。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
  • \"Isn't it terrific slaughtering pigs? “宰猪的！ 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
11 foodstuffs 574623767492eb55a85c5be0d7d719e7     
食物，食品( foodstuff的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Imports of foodstuffs accounted for a small proportion of total imports. 食物进口仅占总进口额的一小部份。
  • Many basic foodstuffs, such as bread and milk, are tax-free. 许多基本食物如牛奶和面包是免税的。
12 vaccine Ki1wv     
n.牛痘苗，疫苗；adj.牛痘的，疫苗的
参考例句：
  • The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives.脊髓灰质炎疫苗挽救了数以百万计的生命。
  • She takes a vaccine against influenza every fall.她每年秋季接种流感疫苗。
13 vaccines c9bb57973a82c1e95c7cd0f4988a1ded     
疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
  • The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。
14 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
15 batch HQgyz     
n.一批(组，群)；一批生产量
参考例句：
  • The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
  • I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。
16 investigations 02de25420938593f7db7bd4052010b32     
（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究
参考例句：
  • His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
  • He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

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