- African Swine Fever harms pigs and farms.
- The disease has reached many provinces across the country.
- The government wants to stop the outbreaks.
- New kits help find the disease on farms.
- There is also an imported vaccine.
- Some farmers do not trust the vaccine.
- Experts disagree about how useful the kits are.
- Officials test pigs quickly on site.
- Control needs cleaning and stopping animal movement.
- People must keep pigs safe and clean.
Difficult words
- outbreak — A sudden increase of disease cases.outbreaks
- vaccine — A medicine that protects animals from disease.
- expert — A person who knows a subject well.Experts
- control — Actions to stop the disease or its spread.
- kit — A set of tools used to test for disease.kits
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Discussion questions
- Do you have animals or pigs?
- Would you trust a new vaccine for animals?
- How do you keep animals clean?
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