Pork supplies have dwindled since an outbreak of blue ear disease, a virus that can be deadly in pigs.

自从爆发可以令猪致命的蓝耳病以来，猪肉供应量下降了。

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While the price of feed, such as corn, has risen, the main culprit is an epidemic of a mysterious illness known as' blue ear 'disease, as well as the more common foot-and-mouth affliction.

虽然玉米等饲料价格有所上涨，但罪魁祸首还是一种神秘的“蓝耳”病的流行，以及更常见的口蹄疫传染。

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The impact of various supply shocks, notably blue-ear disease which killed thousands of pigs, were aggravated last month by the worst snowstorms for 50 years, damaging crops and disrupting transport.

供给冲击造成的影响（譬如去年的蓝耳病造成生猪大面积死亡）在今冬五十年不遇的暴雪中显得更加明显，这场灾难不仅致使交通瘫痪，还造成粮食作物毁灭性的损失。

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But it suffered nothing like the blue-ear disease that took such a toll on the country's pigs in 2007-08.

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