Mexico says pig die-off due to salmonella, pneumonia
Story Date: 1/19/2022

 

Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 1/17/22

Mexican authorities breathed a sigh of relief Friday when experts determined that a die-off of pigs in December at a local slaughterhouse was due to salmonella and Pasteurellosis, a commonly occurring infection, and not African swine fever. Mexico’s agriculture department said 220 pigs at a slaughterhouse in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit were culled as a precaution. It said experts also detected Mycoplasmal Pneumonia, a common lung disease in pigs.

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