Measures against African pig plague in Adygeya
11.11.2009
The epidemic of the African plague of pigs in the SFD reached a critical level because in Rostov area, where the centers of disease had been formed, people concealed the cases at the initial stage from the veterinary services. That referring to the chief of Adygeya veterinary service Vladimir Burlakov was informed by Radio of Adygeya.
As he said, in order to not allow penetration of the infection into Adygeya, the republican authorities, the experts of the veterinary services and the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs implement joint preventive measures. All the pig-breeding farms were forced to function in the closed type of work. In the strengthened mode the motor licensing and inspection department posts operate, as they supervise movement of foodstuffs by the roads of the republic.
“Now, - he added, - import of alive herd and cattle-breeding production of not industrial pig-breeding is temporarily suspended”.
Let's note, as the experts explain, the African plague of pigs is not dangerous to men. Its viruses perish at thermal processing. However simultaneously the experts warn that the kind of farm animals can be infected with some other diseases, for example, the same pig flu which is a more serious threat.
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