Mexico Bans U.S. Pigs Due to ‘Mystery Disease’
Reuters
MEXICO CITY —
Mexico has banned the import of live pigs from the United States after the detection of what officials here call “the mystery pig disease,” an Agriculture Ministry spokesman said Friday.
He said the government decided on the ban, effective next week, following a report by a national commission that U.S. pigs were carrying the disease, which causes abortion and stillbirths in sows and severe breathing problems in their offspring.
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