SWINE FEVER.
INCREASED AREA AFFECTED. NO ANIMALS YET DESTROYED. (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") WELLINGTON, this day. There are indications that swine fever may yet spread over a considerable area unless the steps taken to combat it are immediate and drastic. Two more farms in the affected area at .ToJiriscnvillp ehowed indications of disease overnight, making seven in that district. It seems that the outbreak wae not reported to the Depastment as fioqn us it might have been, as a case which was not generally known at Normandale, Lower Hutt, rv.d which tvae mentioned for the first time yesterday, occurred a w-eek ago. Thie will necessitate a, wider area of examination by the Stock Department than was at first supposed. It is stated that the trouble is more likely to spread in rainy,, misty weather than if it 13 fine-, owing to drainage infecting creekfi. So far .ho pigs have been destroyed by the Department, which is awaiting the completion of trenches. This may moan that none will be killed before Thursday.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 114, 17 May 1933, Page 10
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171SWINE FEVER. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 114, 17 May 1933, Page 10
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