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Pig farming on the edge of a cliff … getting ready to resume farming
Government “prevention comes first” … Killed 2,000 animals near outbreak farm
On the 9th, when the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) was confirmed at a pig farm in Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon-do, officials from the quarantine authorities are carrying out the killing process.
The re-emergence of African swine fever (ASF) on a pig farm in Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon-do, was an emergency for quarantine authorities and pig farms across the country. Since the African swine fever outbreak last year, pig farms in Gyeonggi and Gangwon have suffered a difficult life because they were unable to raise pigs for about a year.
African swine fever repeats itself during replenishment promotion … Pig farming ‘What can I do?’
Kim Hyun-soo, Minister of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock and Head of Central Africa Swine Fever Accident Control Headquarters (Jung Soo-bon) held an emergency briefing on the 9th and said: ” African swine fever occurred on a pig farm in Sangseo-myeon, Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon.
African swine fever is not contagious to humans, but it is a deadly disease with 100% mortality in pigs. It has been only one year since October 9 last year that African swine fever occurred in pig farms other than wild boar.
In particular, the re-emergence of African swine fever is a boon for pig farms that dreamed of reviving through swine “repopulation”. When the African swine fever outbreak occurred in Paju, Gyeonggi-do, last September, quarantine authorities killed 381,000 pigs on 248 farms and culled 66,000 pigs on 125 farms to prevent the spread of the disease.
In Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, Paju-si and Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, all the pigs in the region were slaughtered and slaughtered without leaving a single animal. The total scale of massacres and massacres reaches 470,000.
Slaughter and purchase of pigs Farmers have not yet been able to raise a single pig. Since the beginning of this year, pig farms in the region have requested restocking of pigs, but the government has not allowed it because African swine fever continues to occur in wild pigs. In fact, in Gyeonggi and northern Gangwon province, 736 cases of ASF mortality of wild boar have been found as far as Jindal.
Pig farms that lost their livelihoods were concentrated at the end of rice crops. Maintaining a livelihood was not easy with government-paid slaughter compensation and the temporary livelihood stabilization fund, which is the 6-month upper limit of the average family cost of cattle farms across the country ( 3.37 million won per month).
Even without pig farming, the cost of maintaining the farm facilities remained intact for the farmer. As the restocking time was delayed, some pig farm owners had to work on the farm to get the houses of others to pay off their debts or to change their version of last resort.
The government also announced its intention to promote a restocking ceremony last month, taking into account the life of pig farms. African swine fever continues to be found in wild boar carcasses, but there have been no cases of outbreaks on farms in the last year. Due to government policy to promote restocking, pig farms dreamed of a resurgence, but due to the recurrence of African swine fever, the dream was lost again within a month.
On the morning of the 9th, the Minister of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Livestock, Kim Hyun-soo, gave a briefing on promoting measures to strengthen quarantine in response to the outbreak of African swine fever in pig farms in the Sejong Government Complex. Yunhap news
The government focuses on strengthening the quarantine … “Destruction of death, prohibition of movement”
The government is in a position where it has no choice but to strengthen the quarantine immediately. First, to prevent the spread of the disease, it was decided to kill 2,465 pigs, including all pigs on the Hwacheon farm in Gangwon, where African swine fever struck, and 1,525 pigs raised on two pig farms within a radius of 10 km. In addition, a temporary suspension order was issued for livestock facilities such as pig farms, slaughterhouses and feed mills in Gyeonggi and Gangwon for 48 hours from 5 a.m. to 5 a.m. on the 11th.
The procedure for restocking pigs at Pig Slaughter / Buying Farm No. 261 in Gyeonggi and Gangwon, which was scheduled to take place starting this month, was also temporarily suspended. In addition, a thorough inspection made in Japan and a daily telephone forecast are planned for all pig farms (# 395) in the Gyeonggi and Gangwon border area.
In addition, it has also decided to carry out intensive disinfection of roads, rivers and livestock facilities near the area where wild boars have recently been found by mobilizing available wide area control units and disinfecting vehicles.
Minister Kim Hyun-soo said: “The government held an inspection meeting on the swine fever situation in Africa chaired by the prime minister and decided to further strengthen quarantine measures.” “Please report it to the quarantine headquarters without delay.”
Sejong = Jaeyong min reporter [email protected]
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