The pigs were contentedly rooting in the mud of the sty.
这些猪在猪圈的泥地里惬意地拱着。
Swine flu is a highly contagious disease that affects pigs.
猪流感是一种高度传染性疾病，影响猪群。
The farmer herded his
swine into the pen for the night.
农夫把他的猪赶到围栏里过夜。
Pigs are often considered as unclean animals in certain cultures.
在某些文化中，猪被视为不洁之物。
The veterinarian diagnosed an infection in the
swine's respiratory system.
兽医诊断出这头猪的呼吸系统有感染。
Swine can be trained to perform tasks, just like dogs.
猪也可以像狗一样被训练执行任务。
The farmer was concerned about the welfare of his
swine during the cold winter.
农夫担心他的猪在寒冷的冬天过得不好。
The pork industry is a significant contributor to the economy in many rural areas.
猪肉产业对许多农村地区的经济贡献巨大。
The term "
swine" is often used derogatorily to refer to someone's unpleasant behavior.
“猪”这个词常被用来贬低形容某人的恶劣行为。
In fairy tales, the transformation of humans into
swine is a common motif.
在童话故事中，人变成猪是一个常见的主题。
In the animal health sector, SoundTalks, the first-of-its-kind swine respiratory disease monitoring tool, was launched as a concept product at the CIIE 2019.
在动物健康领域，SoundTalks是首个此类猪呼吸道疾病监测工具，在2019年CIIE上作为概念产品推出。
Animal Health posted strong double-digit growth and continued to be the leader in swine vaccine and pet antiparasitics segments.
动物健康公司实现了两位数的强劲增长，并继续成为猪疫苗和宠物抗寄生虫领域的领导者。
The first innovative vial for the mixing of swine vaccines in animal health in China will be on display during the fair, making its premier appearance globally.
中国首款创新猪疫苗混合器将在展会中亮相，进行全球首秀。这款设备将改变动物健康领域的猪疫苗混合方式。
Shao recalled that the year 2009, during the H1N1 swine flu outbreak, saw the quick development of the country's biomedicines.
邵一鸣回忆说，2009年爆发H1N1猪流感时，中国生物医药行业迅速发展。
Since last year, China has implemented a string of policies to stimulate hog production and stabilize pork prices affected by African swine fever and other factors.
China, the world's largest consumer of pork, has had its hog herd devastated by an outbreak of African swine fever discovered more than a year ago.
Plant-based protein makers are hoping to take a bite out of the massive meat market in China and throughout AsiaThe Year of the Pig has failed to offer much comfort to the hog industry on the Chinese mainland, which has been ravaged by African swine fever, and some are betting big on making it the year plant-based meat substitute takes off in the world's second-largest economy and throughout Asia.
An AI program could help identify and predict diseases and boost fertility by analyzing swine behavior, according to an online announcement last week by Alibaba Cloud, Alibaba's cloud computing arm.
The new plant will focus on producing vaccines for swine, cattle and farm fish.
Pork prices are projected to be around 25 yuan per kg under optimistic estimations and 40 yuan under pessimistic estimations if supplies contract due to floods or swine fever.
China fully recovered its hog production capacity in the second quarter of last year, rebuilding the live pig stock that was seriously affected by the African swine fever in 2018.
The commission started the stockpiling amid the onset of swine fever.
After the African swine fever dealt a heavy blow to hog production and pork prices, authorities have taken a slew of measures, including handing out subsidies to encourage scale farming, to stabilize prices of the staple meat in China.
The surge in pork production followed a price surge in 2019 and 2020, when African swine fever ravaged the country's hog herds and drove up pork prices.
"We will keep recovering pig production while preventing and controlling African swine fever," he said, adding that regional prevention for major animal diseases will be implemented to fend off an epidemic rebound.
"With inflation on the rise across the world, China is benefiting from falling pork prices as a result of the containment of African Swine Fever, which could be a strong offset to rising global commodity prices," Lu said.
Rather, it is mainly due to high pork prices last year because of the African swine fever," said Channel Yeung, China market analyst at FXTM, a United Kingdom-based global trading platform.
Lu said that the decline in CPI inflation does not mean China is experiencing disinflation or deflation as the drop was mainly driven by pork prices, which was due to the high base as a result of the African swine fever, sequentially weaker pork prices and the increased weighting of pork in the CPI basket.
"Since the beginning of this year, local authorities have earnestly implemented a policy supporting the resumption of hog production, accelerated the expansion of farms, and put in place regular prevention and control measures for African swine fever, all of which have greatly promoted the resumption of pig production," said Wei Baigang, chief economist of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
For example, the first-of-its-kind swine respiratory disease monitoring tool SoundTalks was globally launched as a concept product at CIIE 2019.
Last year, it went into full commercial production, helping the swine farming industry in reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
The large level of imports reflects a higher demand for feed crops, driven by the recovery in domestic pork production after the African swine fever outbreaks in 2018 and 2019 and the strong growth of the poultry, dairy and starch sectors.
After the African swine fever dealt a heavy blow to hog production and pork prices since 2018, authorities have taken a slew of measures, including handing out subsidies to encourage scale farming, to stabilize prices of the staple meat in China.
自2018年非洲猪瘟对生猪生产和猪肉价格造成重创以来，政府已采取了一系列措施，包括发放补贴以鼓励规模化养殖，旨在稳定中国这一主要肉类的价格。
He said Irish meat exports to China broke records in 2020, driven by the unprecedented demand for meat in China while the recovery from African swine fever continues and consumers' choices diversify for protein.
他说，2020年爱尔兰对中国的肉类出口打破了记录，这得益于中国对肉类的前所未有的需求，同时非洲猪瘟的恢复和消费者对蛋白质的多样化选择也推动了这一趋势。
More pig farms, bigger herds signal recovery from African swine feverPork supplies in China will increase by 30 percent year-on-year during the January-February peak consumption season, and prices will be stable, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Wednesday.
农业农村部1月20日表示，受非洲猪瘟影响，中国生猪供应量将在今年1-2月的消费高峰期同比增长30%，价格将保持稳定。
The ministry said breeding sow and hog herds have recovered to over 80 percent of the level at the end of 2017－before African swine fever was first detected in the country in August 2018.
该部表示，母猪和生猪存栏量已恢复到2017年底的水平的80%以上，即在2018年8月该国首次发现非洲猪瘟之前。
China has reported 18 African swine fever outbreaks in nine provinces, including one infecting wild boars.
中国已在九个省份报告了18起非洲猪瘟疫情，其中包括一起感染野猪的疫情。
China's population of hogs registered a 13.1 percent year-on-year growth in July, a strong sign of production recovery after the African swine fever took its toll on the hog industry last year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Monday.
中国农业农村部周一表示，7月份中国生猪存栏量同比增长13.1%，这是在去年非洲猪瘟对养猪业造成严重影响后，生产恢复的一个强烈信号。
Since last year, the country has implemented a string of policies to encourage hog production and stabilize pork prices affected by African swine fever and other cyclical factors.
Tariffs and African swine fever made 2019 a bad year for Chinese pork consumers, cutting supply and driving up prices as tens of millions of hogs in Asia were slaughtered in an effort to halt the spread of the disease.
The US Department of Agriculture said pork is the world's most widely consumed meat, but African swine flu cut global production by an estimated 10 percent, and Chinese production fell about 25 percent 2019.
Restaurant owners report strong interest in vegetable-based protein products even though African swine fever poses no threat to humans.
Hit by outbreaks of African swine fever, China's pig herd shrank notably in the past year, pushing up prices of pork and its alternatives.
"Without money, our hands are tied; we have no choice but to sell our pigs because we can't afford the swine feed," said Zhao, owner of Jinxing Breed Company in Pingdingshan city of central China's Henan province.
But the firm was able to survive what many considered as the toughest year for pig raisers in 2019 as African swine fever roiled the industry, bringing losses to farmers and exacerbating their financing difficulties.
The model pioneered by the rural cooperative is part of the country's ongoing efforts to ease pig farmers' financing strain to restore pork supply after outbreaks of African swine fever significantly reduced the number of pigs in stock.
Such financing will be important for small-scale pig farms to restore production and upgrade pigpens in the wake of the swine fever and help the industry better guard against the unforeseen, said Zhu Zengyong, a researcher with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS).
"Through improving the immune systems of animals, TCM herbs may hopefully provide some clue for preventing and curing the spread of the African swine fever virus, he said.
Prices of pork, a staple meat in China, have been soaring in recent months, mainly caused by African swine fever and cyclical factors.
Rising domestic production, growing imports and new measures to prevent African swine fever in pig farms will help China overcome pork shortages during the second half of next year, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday.
The African swine fever has resulted in a shortage of more than 10 million tons of pork, or at least 20 percent of China's total pork output this year.
Earlier this month, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs urged local authorities to provide financial support as soon as possible, guide pig farmers to restore production, and honor subsidies offered to pig farmers who have slaughtered pigs to prevent and control the swine fever.
Affected by African swine fever and cyclical factors, prices of pork have been soaring this year as supply falls short of demand.
Industry players expand production and increase investment in breeding projectsTraditional pig industry players and agricultural companies are increasing their investments in pig breeding and expanding production, in the wake of a pork shortage in China following an outbreak of African swine fever.
The swine fever has caused a shortage of more than 10 million metric tons of pork, or at least 20 percent of China's total pork output this year.
Nation sourcing more varieties from abroad and providing greater market access to companiesChina will look to procure more types of pork from overseas destinations and expand domestic market access for registered foreign enterprises, as it contemplates more measures to tide over the pork shortage in the country due to an African swine fever outbreak, officials said.
The African swine fever has resulted in a shortage of more than 10 million metric tons of pork, or at least 20 percent of China's total pork output this year.
Our target is for pig stocks to reach about 80 percent of the level before the outbreak of African swine fever," he said.
China reported 160 African swine fever outbreaks as of Thursday since the first outbreak was reported in August last year, the ministry said.
An African swine fever outbreak has resulted in a shortage of more than 10 million metric tons of pork, or at least 20 percent of China's total pork output this year.
In the midst of an outbreak of African swine fever, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the country's pork prices shot up nearly 70 percent year on year last month, driving overall consumer prices up 3 percent.
The supply and price of pork has received a lot of attention recently in China due to African swine fever, and local governments have unveiled policies to stabilize prices and encourage pig farming.
We can imagine that under the high-tech pig farming project, the risks of pigs infected by African swine fever could be controlled while reducing cost increases in the future.
Wang Ying, an analyst at Hua Chuang Securities, said that pork prices in China will keep rising in the short term after African swine fever spread around the country since August last year.
Chicken has stepped in to fill the gap in consumption caused by short supplies and higher prices of pork caused in part by African swine fever.
Global pork prices have been rising since an outbreak of African swine fever in parts of China last year.
Colombian pork producers understand the potential of the Chinese pork market but do not want to rely on external factors like the outbreak of African swine fever to gain market share.
Number of SMEs continues to drop due to surge in the output of large companies over the last decadeChina's pig farming industry is undergoing a second crisis in a decade, this time caused by African swine fever.
Outbreaks of African swine fever last year across China did not cause big fluctuations in the pork supply or price, the ministry's Tang said.
"We suggest pig farmers increase their stock of live pigs while ensuring the prevention and control of African swine fever," Tang said.
Recent outbreaks of African swine fever in China have not caused a big impact on the supply and price of pork in China, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
"Following outbreaks of African swine fever in August, we have intensified surveillance of the operation of the pork market and taken measures in response to ensure supply," he said.
More than 30 outbreaks of African swine fever had occurred in China by Wednesday, since the first case in China was reported in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Aug 1.
African swine fever is deadly to pigs but does not affect humans.
China is the fourth-biggest buyer of American swine – $1.1 billion in 2017, according to the council – and the world's largest pork consumer.
The African swine fever outbreak and COVID-19 pandemic in recent years have made live hog prices fluctuate wildly.
The arrival of African swine fever in 2018, which killed millions of pigs and sent pork prices to record highs in October 2019, added to the volatility.
Especially since August 2018, due to the African swine fever epidemic, a series of changes have taken place in China's live pig market.
But African swine fever has caused a huge upheaval, significantly reducing the market share of smaller players that were unlikely to use sophisticated hedging tools.
A person who participated in an information session organised by the exchange last year said sellers would be limited to a small number of pre-approved large-scale hog producers to reduce the risks of any impact from African swine fever, which is still circulating.
An index tracking the pork production industry slid by 1.17 percent, in response to the regional spread among hogs of highly contagious African swine fever.