BACOLOD CITY — Swine deaths continue to affect the multibillion-peso hog industry of Negros Occidental, with losses now reaching P102.5 million, local authorities have reported. The number of hogs who died of swine cholera and other diseases has reached 8,849 as of Thursday, affecting 1,697 hog farmers from the second to the fifth congressional districts of Negros Occidental, report from the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) showed. The pig deaths represent 8.15 percent of Negros Occidental's hog population, the PVO said.

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