The Information Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced on the 23rd that an African swine fever epidemic occurred in Yueqing City, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province. On the 17th, Yueqing City Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Bureau received a report that the pigs of three farmers in a breeding community died of unknown causes. Up to now, there have been 430 cases of illness and 340 deaths. On the 22nd, it was confirmed by the China Center for Animal Health and Epidemiology (National Center for Animal Diseases Research) that the outbreak was an African swine fever. After the outbreak, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs sent a steering group to Zhejiang. The local government has started the emergency response mechanism as required, and adopted measures such as blockade, culling, harmless treatment, disinfection, etc., prohibiting all pigs and susceptible animals and products from entering or leaving the blockade. At present, the epidemic has been effectively disposed of.
After the diagnosis of the epidemic, Yueqing quickly launched a Class I emergency response, launched an emergency response to eradicate the epidemic, conducted an outbreak investigation in the city, delineated the epidemic area and the threatened area, and implemented the epidemic measures. On the 22nd day of the diagnosis, the blockade was issued within three kilometers of the epidemic point, the blockade was imposed, and a disinfection checkpoint was set up to strictly disinfect the epidemic, epidemic and threatened areas. It is strictly forbidden to enter and release the susceptible animals. Close the relevant hog trading market and slaughterhouse to prevent the outbreak.
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