Spanish pig sector is assessing the risk of ASF
A risk assessment procedure conducted last year by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on pig sector revealed that the danger of having an African Swine Fever (ASF) epidemic in the country is moderate but on the rise.
The conclusion was presented in an official report released by the Ministry in which the farmers are advised to take actions to reduce the arrival of the disease to farms, such as the surveillance of animals for early detection and immediate communication to official veterinary services or the Biosecurity reinforcement at all levels, informs Agroinformacion magazine.
In 2017, control inspections against ASF was made in 2,470 farms, 337 more than in the previous year, with 92,845 samples analyzed and 146 items of animals from EU countries at risk, which in all cases gave negative results to the disease.
The document also presents a situation of ASF outbreaks reported in Eastern and Central Europe and gives recommendations for hunters travelling in this area regarding biosecurity measures they must comply with.
Nevertheless, this month, a computer simulation on the way the virus is spreading to Eastern and Central Europe sees the disease entering Germany in 4 yefavourablears. The prognosis was presented by the Polish researcher Andrzej Jarynowski of the Interdisciplinary Research Institute in Wroclaw, Poland, who has worked along with his team to elaborate a chart for ASF evolution on the continent based on older outbreaks. "Even if the epidemiological situation in previously affected regions could
In his opinion, ASF will hit Germany in the next 4 years through the wild boar population or through migrating farm workers that are looking for a better-paid job further in Western countries, unintentionally spreading the disease.
Spanish authorities are also concerned about Aujeszky's disease, even if the evolution of the epidemiological situation has been described as "very favorable" in the last seven years.2017 ended without positive exploitation of this disease although 27 outbreaks were resolved throughout the year.
The main threats that can lead to the appearance of Aujeszky's epidemic outbreaks are movements from countries where the disease is present, such as Portugal; the cessation or relaxation in vaccination programs or the existence of exploitations in extensive / semi-extensive regime in contact with wild boar.
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