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Feral hogs raise FMD outbreak fears

A House Agriculture subcommittee will be looking into the threat of foot and mouth disease on Thursday. Committee Chairman Mike Conaway tells Agri-Pulse that concerns are growing that the FMD virus could infect feral hogs, which are a huge problem in his home state of Texas, and then jump to livestock. U.S. cattle producers also have been citing FMD concerns in fighting USDA’s attempts to allow beef imports from Brazil and Argentina. Listen to more about this topic on Agri-Pulse Daybreak show or Read information on the hearing…
 

Written by:
kristin
Published on:
February 11, 2016

Categories: Animal Health, Wildlife

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