Foot-and-mouth disease found in east China

Live pigs in east China's Anhui Province have been found to be infected with foot-and-mouth disease, the Ministry of Agriculture announced Tuesday.

The virus was detected in 556 live pigs in several farms in Maanshan City, 314 of which were dead on Jan. 2, and test results confirmed on Tuesday that the pigs were carrying the A-type virus, said the ministry.

All infected pigs and another 56 raised with them have been destroyed, and the epidemic contained, the ministry said.