African swine fever in Germany, tighten transport hygiene

The highly contagious animal disease African swine fever (ASF) is increasingly spreading in Germany. For example, several infections have been detected among wild boars and farmed pigs in the state of Hesse. The animal disease has now also been found in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, where wild boars have also been infected. The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) calls on transporters to further tighten the cleaning and disinfection (R&D) of animal transport equipment. African swine fever There is a risk of spreading African swine fever during animal transport. It is therefore essential to strictly comply with transport hygiene, R&D procedures and hygiene protocols. The call applies to livestock transport equipment on primary farms, assembly centers and slaughterhouses. Use the R&D step-by-step plan If animal transport equipment is not cleaned or disinfected insufficiently, ASF contaminants can be transferred to kept pigs. This poses a significant risk to ...