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Coronavirus was detected in tissues kept on a farm in the Jonava district, BNS reported Thursday.
The coronavirus spread at a tissue farm in the Jonava district owned by Danmink. The latter’s main shareholder is Vilkijos ūkis.
Luke April / 15min photo / Česlovas Tallat-Kelpša
Česlovas Tallat-Kelpša, the head of Vilkijos ūkio 15 minutes He claimed to speak to the SFVS and listen to their instructions. He said the study samples were taken when more downed animals appeared than usual; usually dozens died a day and a couple hundred died in the last two days.
“We reported because we had to report under the current procedure. If not covid, we would not have reported, that the drop is not so great as to attract much attention.
So far, positive tests (tissue 15 minutes), but for the moment I doubt it, because the clinic is not at all similar to COVID-19, which is more respiratory, and there you can see that the diarrhea is not very good, “said the manager.
He believes the mink was infected by a worker infected with COVID-19. Samples were taken on the farm before, but no coronavirus was detected at the time.
More than 30,000 tissues are grown at Danmink’s farm, who also has a history of coronavirus tissue infections. The Vilkijos farm also has around 30,000 tissues, but the two farms are 80 kilometers apart and have different employees.
According to C. Tallat-Kelpša, positive tests were confirmed for 22 dead animals.
“Today we will speak with the Veterinary Service, we will give instructions and we will follow them. If there were no fears for human health, no one would pay attention, no vet, no one, because it is relatively small. It’s nothing like that, it all comes down to one person’s fears of what will happen next. Those fears are so great and so irrational, ”said the farm manager.
He compared that the Swedes decided not to put even animals with coronavirus to sleep, just to take extra precautions to prevent people from getting infected.
Meanwhile, the Danes killed everyone. This will give you an example of human emotions and fears, the size and consequences of those fears. I hope the Lithuanians have common sense and make a smart decision, ”he hoped.
I hope the Lithuanians have common sense and make a smart decision, he hoped.
So far, the SFVS has decided to kill 22 tissues kept in infected cages (around 40) and safely dispose of the animal carcasses at the animal by-product processing plant.
In Denmark, the government announced in early November that all minks in the country would be eradicated: between 15 and 17 million. Mutated and transmissible human COVID-19 virus in various animals. This decision was made on the grounds that there was a risk that the vaccine currently being developed could be ineffective due to the mutated virus.
Samples were taken after the death of 169 tissues
The State Food and Veterinary Service (SFVS) reports that in the tissue farm where the animals belonging to UAB Danmink and AB Vilkijos ūkis were kept, after the sudden death of 169 tissues and examination of their samples, it was confirmed that the animals were infected with COVID-19.
This Tuesday, preliminary information on the increase in the mortality of fur animals on this farm arrived at the service. On the same day, the animal samples selected by the SFVS specialists were sent for analysis to the laboratory of the National Institute for the Evaluation of Veterinary and Food Risks.
“In order to confirm or rule out suspicions and determine the exact extent of the spread of the virus on the farm, 22 additional samples were selected on Wednesday. Their results were also confirmed by COVID-19. On the same Wednesday, we received a notification from that one of the people supervising this farm had been cleared for COVID-19. According to SFVS, the employee of the tissue farm felt bad this Monday, all the employees who contacted him are in self-isolation, “says Darius Remeika, director of SFVS.
Once the information on the suspected outbreak on the farm has been received, immediately, as of November 24. Operational restrictions have been applied. The removal of animals, feed or other animal products from the infected farm is prohibited.
“The results of the study show that the SARS-CoV-2 virus could have been transmitted to tissues by an agricultural worker, so we urge all tissue farms in the country to strictly comply with all biosecurity requirements. Animals ”, Emphasized the Director of the SFVS.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Darius Remeika
Currently, about 60 thousand are kept in this tissue farm. fur animals. Those responsible for the farm must closely monitor the health of the remaining tissues.
Lithuanian tissue producers are obliged to provide the regional SFVS, which carries out the state veterinary control of the tissue industry, each week with data on dead tissues during the week, taking into account these data, the selection and the examination of new samples. This obligation is planned for all producers and producers of fabrics on November 12. An order from the Director of SFVS was signed.
The SFVS informs that, according to the risk assessment carried out by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), based on the information currently available on the routes of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the complexity of disease, the virus detected in tissue farms does not pose a risk to human health. employed persons).
According to data from the Service, currently more than 1.6 million. tissues.
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