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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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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Industry analysts blame the price rises partly on a shortage of pigs in the wake of outbreaks of "blue-ear disease" around China.

行业分析家认为猪肉飞涨的部分原因是蓝耳病在中国暴发造成生猪供应短缺。

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The scientists showed this biological battery was indeed able to be run the radio device and detect the inner-ear environment for about five hours without compromising the guinea pigs' ability to hear.

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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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