Widespread flooding in central China has devastated farmers’ livelihoods, and their lost livestock are now a potential pathogenic threat. Waterlogged animal carcasses and temperatures over 90 degrees Fahrenheit have combined to create the risk of airborne diseases. Floods hit cities, towns, and villages in Henan Province on July 20 and not long after, photos of pig bodies began showing up on Chinese social media. Officials from one village named Nanweiwu published a letter on July 29 requesting disinfectants, protective equipment, and a professional team to dispose of dead livestock and to help clean up farmlands. They said that over 90 percent of the dead livestock were still floating in the water. Authorities said over 6,000 swine drowned in the flood but one local named Wang Shi (pseudonym) told The Epoch Times that he estimated that at least 10,000 pigs had died. “The swine will swim for a while, and then …