Uninfected Pigs Culled in Miyazaki

JAPAN - A cull of about 600 pigs at a farm in Hyuga, Miyazaki Prefecture, began Saturday.
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The pig cull was begun under a special law permitting the slaughter of healthy animals to prevent the foot-and-mouth epidemic that has ravaged the southwestern prefecture from spreading further, officials said.

Source: JapanToday
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