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Article: Spain Confirms New Swine Fever Case
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- June 22, 2001
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A new swine fever case was discovered Thursday in Catalonia, an
autonomous community in northeastern Spain, press reports here said
Friday.
Catalonia's Agriculture Department reported Thursday it is the
sixth case on a farm in Penelles, Lerida province. It was confirmed
through Catalonian government laboratory analysis.
According to figures from the Farmer and Rancher Organizations
Coordination (COAG), the epizootic has caused 5.5 million U.S.
dollars of losses to farmers.
Spain has slaughtered 15,000 contaminated pigs since the ...