Friday 30 December 2022

African Swine Fever: how to stay one step ahead

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African swine fever is a viral disease of domestic and wild pigs, often fatal. No vaccines or treatments have been developed. The socio-economic consequences in the affected countries are severe. The virus can live for several months in the environment and in corpses. It does not always die in the processing and smoking of pork. People cannot get sick, but they can spread the infection through clothing or equipment. Clinical signs can be different and are not always easy to recognize. Usually, sick animals have some or all of the following symptoms: high fever, weakness and inability to stand, vomiting, diarrhea, sometimes with blood, red or blue skin, especially around the ears and snout, coughing and difficulty breathing, sloughing, stillborn piglets and weak sows. Most sick animals die within ten days. Domestic pigs can become infected in many ways, including: contact with sick pigs purchased from infected areas; feeding with kitchen waste (in the EU this is prohibited by law since 1980); contact with infected objects, e.g.


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from people with infected shoes or clothing. Contact a veterinarian immediately if you suspect that your herd is infected with African plague. Do not take animals out of the farm. Change your clothes and shoes when leaving the farm. Before buying feed, piglets and pigs, make sure they are from reliable farms where measures are taken to protect against the virus. Do not allow contact with wild boars or pigs from other farms. Don't give them kitchen scraps. Avoid growing outdoors in African plague areas. Do not import pork products from infected areas if there is a risk. After hunting, wild boar hunters must not come into contact with domestic pigs. Hunters and breeders must not dispose of offal from wild game or domestic pigs. Do not dispose of food and waste where feral pigs may be present. Contact veterinary authorities if you find a dead wild pig, even if it was in an area not affected by African plague..

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