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Re:African Swine Fever Is Spreading and Eliminating It Will ... by ohiovr on Thursday June 06, 2019 @07:59AM (#20113634)
I learned recently that pigs are fed all kinds of scraps even pork. Why aren’t they vulnerable to diseases similar to mad cow disease?
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Re:African Swine Fever Is Spreading and Eliminating It Will ... by oliwarner on Thursday June 06, 2019 @01:15PM (#20116654)
For the same reason BSE is rare, we stop higher risk spinal columns entering the food chain at any point. They are removed and incinerated.
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