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No drug for disease as death toll hits 24
The infected farmers and pigs are scattered among 73 villages around the two cities. So far no epidemic has been reported in other regions of Sichuan or in the rest of the country. Investigations suggest the infected pigs had been raised by at least 300 different farms, all with poor sanitary conditions, experts said. No infected pigs have been found in large- or medium-sized breeding farms, according to a statement from Sichuan Province. Experts said they are searching for the reason for the outbreak as many healthy pigs also carry the bacteria but do not fall ill or transmit the disease.
In Ziyang and Neijiang, all 469 pigs with the disease have been buried. The two cities have also set up 50 temporary checkpoints to stop pigs from being transported outside the infected villages. Wang Jian, a 41-year-old farmer in Panshi Village in Danshan Town, Ziyang, is worried that his four pigs will not survive the epidemic. "If they die, it would mean a loss of 2,400 yuan (US$296), or one-quarter of my family's annual income," said Wang. More than 50 pigs in his village have died from the disease.
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