What is the recent progress of African classical swine fever in 2019? How to prevent and control its occurrence?

Since the second half of 2018, African classical swine fever has been mentioned again and again, and the outbreak of the epidemic has occurred one after another, making many consumers and farmers very worried. What is the recent progress of African classical swine fever in 2019? How to prevent and control its occurrence?

What is African classical swine fever?

1. African classical swine fever (African classical swine fever virus infects domestic pigs and various wild boars (African wild boar, European wild boar, etc.) causes an acute, hemorrhagic and severe infectious disease. The general incubation period varies from 4 to 19 days, and the main harmful sites are spleen, lymph nodes, kidney, liver, heart and so on. Its symptoms are similar to swine fever, so it can only be determined by laboratory testing.

two。 During the onset of African classical swine fever, there will be a rise in body temperature to 41 degrees, poor appetite, inactivity, extreme weakness, fast pulse, cough, rapid breathing, and some adverse conditions such as dysentery and vomiting with blood.

3. Although African classical swine fever is fatal to pigs, it is not fatal to humans, nor is it a zoonosis, but it is best to choose to buy quarantined pork in the regular market.

What is the recent progress of African classical swine fever in 2019?

1. African classical swine fever has always existed in sub-Saharan African countries, and then spread to Western Europe and Latin America. The first confirmed case of African classical swine fever in China was on August 3, 2018.

two。 Since the first case of African classical swine fever was diagnosed, the epidemic situation of African classical swine fever has been reported in Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Anhui, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Shanxi, Tianjin, Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing, Shanghai, Beijing and other places from 2018 to now.

3. The African classical swine fever epidemic also occurred in a farm in Laiwu District of Jinan yesterday, with 17 cases and 3 deaths. In addition, recently, Sanquan Food has been exposed that several batches of soup dumplings produced by Sanquan Food have been detected to be suspected of African classical swine fever virus.

Third, how to prevent and control the occurrence of African swine fever?

Because it is generally believed that the introduction of African classical swine fever into disease-free areas is related to the feeding of uncooked infected pig products or leftovers from international airports and ports. Usually, sick pigs, recovered pigs and recessive infected pigs are the main sources of infection in rear-end collision, so farmers should do a good job in the prevention and control of African classical swine fever.

1. We should be highly vigilant against the risk of the epidemic, strictly prohibit the transportation of live pigs from the epidemic areas, and earnestly do a good job in risk prevention. In the place where the classical swine fever epidemic occurs, the emergency response mechanism must be activated in strict accordance with the requirements, and generally, measures such as blockade, culling, harmless treatment, disinfection and other measures should be taken to prohibit all live pigs and susceptible animals and products from being transported into or out of the blockade area.

two。 The majority of farmers should actively cooperate with local animal disease prevention and control agencies to carry out disease surveillance and investigation, especially the occurrence of classical swine fever vaccine immune failure, suspected symptoms or unknown causes of death, should be promptly reported to the local veterinary department.

3. Strengthen the feeding management, establish and strictly implement the sanitary disinfection system, strictly control the entry of personnel, vehicles and susceptible animals into the farm, and isolate and disinfect the personnel, vehicles and articles entering and leaving the farm and its production area; close the live pigs as far as possible, but also avoid contact with wild boars and soft ticks, and strictly prohibit the use of hogwash or after-meal garbage to feed pigs.

The above is the whole content of African classical swine fever for you. Although African classical swine fever is not fatal to people, it is best to buy quarantined pork in the formal market.