False alarm over disease in pigs
Reports that 40 pigs smuggled into the country from Vietnam had been diagnosed with blue-ear disease were incorrect, according to Banteay Meanchey province’s agriculture department. The pigs were being taken to be resold in Poipet town on Saturday when police stopped the vehicle carrying them. The driver, Prum Kong, 50, was arrested, after he failed to produce the necessary transport permit and health check certificates for the livestock. Cambodian media outlets and the National Police reported the animals had tested positive for blue-ear disease, quoting Huy Touch, director of Banteay Meanchey department of animal health and production.
