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2005年 6月 3日 星期五
打印本页 Australia 'at risk' from pig virus
AUSTRALIA - A common pig virus at the centre of a looming pork trade dispute is probably already present in Australia and should not be used as a trade barrier, Canadian scientific experts say.An Australian court ruling that could result in a ban on pork imports from Canada, Denmark and the United States as early as next week is based on politics, not science, said John Ellis, a researcher at the University of Saskatchewan's veterinary college.
"I think is another example of a non-tariff trade barrier, based on very minimal risk to the Australian hog industry," said Ellis, who was an expert witness for the Australian government in the court case.
Australia imported 70,000 tonnes of pork in 2004, mostly from Canada and Denmark.
The country claims it is free of post-weaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome - a disease that causes piglets to stop growing and lose weight at the age of six to 10 weeks.
Source: news.ninemsn.com.au
