Romania curbs the pig market from Bulgaria because of sheep plague

"For days, Romania has been suspending access to the trade of live animals - pigs, to its market of producers from Bulgaria. The pretext for the restriction is the plague of sheep registered in our country, but these arguments are absurd and without any legal basis", Dimitar Mihailov, executive director of the Association of Pig Breeders in Bulgaria (ASB), signaled to Agri.BG. Livestock breeders worry about the market because of the plague According to him, members of the ASB from Pazardzhik, who sell on the Romanian market little pigs that have reached 25 kilograms, are seriously damaged by the restriction of our northern neighbor and expect losses of around 150,000 euros until the end of December. Native pig breeders from both Northern and Southern Bulgaria also have a market in Romania and are endangered. "The restriction is absurd. Firstly, the farm in question is not adjacent to the affected sheep farm. Second, pigs are not vectors of rinderpest. God forbid that the disease ...