Factbox: Killer pig virus limits U.S. hog exports

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday that it was suspending hog imports from the United States due to concerns about outbreaks of a virus killing baby piglets. [ID:nL6N0OF44M] China and Japan also have restricted imports of live U.S. hogs over Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv), a highly contagious disease that has wiped out 10 percent of the U.S. hog population since it was first identified in the country a year ago. ...



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