The Wayland Show, at Watton on Sunday, can go ahead with livestock classes. These areas, which were declared as part of the disease surveillance controls to prevent the spread of CSF, cover a large part of Breckland and south Norfolk from Thetford to Watton and Hingham to Wymondham and down to Diss and across to Beccles and Bungay. The virus, which is specific to pigs, can be spread by contact between animals, livestock transporters or by clothing worn by farm staff. We are determined to prevent the spread of swine fever which can be transmitted on the hooves of animals like horses, said a Whitehall official. We are taking this very seriously because we have to prevent transmision of the disease.
Pigs commonly huddle or lie in heaps.
Discoloration of skin, especially ears, limbs, tail and snout. High mortality losses in the region of 50 per cent have been found on some farms involved with the latest outbreak. Weakness and staggering. Poor pigs at birth, with subsequent high mortality. Animals can be moved through an infected area as long as the livestock do not stop in the area.