[Forwarded from Ice Age Farmer]
Australia: pork supply set to plunge as Japanese encephalitis detected across piggeries
Experts say Japanese encephalitis will impact pork supply as infected piggeries experience production losses of up to 80 per cent. There are now 30 New South Wales piggeries affected by the mosquito-borne virus and 11 people have been infected, with three deaths nationwide.
"It's also the mental health impact on the people, because there's been a lot of stillborn or abortions or abnormalities in piglets … which can be very stressful seeing … day in, day out."
The disease has no impact on the safety of consuming pork, but Dr Britton said production losses were likely to affect availability.
"I think it will affect the supply of pork, because it has impacted a number of the bigger properties as well as some of the smaller ones," she said.
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https://www.msn.com/en-au/news..../australia/japanese-
