ProMED: African swine plague (measures) - Russia (Samara)

Date: February 13, 2009
(1) African swine plague (threat) - Russia (Far East)
From: ProMED-mail correspondent BM
Source: IA , Feb. 12, 2009 [Moderator NP]
http://novostivl.ru/msg/6034.htm

In the Far East impend plague: hawkers infection is meat products, people and transport
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This was said in Vladivostok in the Far Eastern regional meeting of heads of departments Россельхознадзора. The event was the chief organizational and inspection management Россельхознадзора Russian Igor Chernyshenko and his colleagues discuss the effectiveness of land, forestry and veterinary control at the regional animal husbandry, as well as streamlining the procedures for registration of vessels fishing fleet.
Pigs Primorie under threat of extinction
Of particular concern to those gathered at the present time is the threat of proliferation in the Far East, a dangerous viral diseases - African swine fever, which has already caused tremendous damage and pigs in general agriculture in the Krasnodar and Stavropol territories, which had to destroy even the entire stock in several dozens of farms. Moreover, studies in pigs outbreaks of the disease are prohibited for at least 25 years.

To date, the Far East, the number of livestock is more than four hundred thousand pigs. And how confident the meeting in Vladivostok, the emergence of African swine fever in the Far Eastern federal district actually would be a disaster for the pig industry of Far Eastern regions.

The main reasons for the possible drift of African swine fever in Transbaikalia and the Far Eastern region linked to the illegal importation of animals from other regions, the supply of meat, and do not even exclude the possibility of infection transmission within the people and traffic, forcing specialists Россельхознадзора strengthen control measures in transportation.

As emphasized, the meeting, the greatest risk of transferring pathogens of this dangerous disease, and are ready meat products carried in hand luggage and baggage of passengers returning from Stavropol, Krasnodar and severokavkazkih republics. Basically this sausage, ham and bacon purchased troubled by the African swine plague territories. Therefore, all passengers transported meat food products will be removed and destroyed on the spot.