Assessment of the risks of ASF spread through the eyes of meat processing enterprises in Ukraine

With the support of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Association "Swinemakers of Ukraine" (ASU) interviewed representatives of slaughterhouses and meat processing plants regarding their assessment of the risks of the spread of swine diseases since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. The survey of representatives of the meat processing industry and other participants of the domestic pork market (industrial and home pork producers, hunters, etc.) is carried out by the ASU within the framework of the project "Ensuring animal health in Ukraine". 80% of the respondent slaughterhouses did not note the deterioration of the epizootic situation regarding ASF due to the post-war war and did not refuse to cooperate with pig farms because of the suspicion of an ASF outbreak on them. In addition, only 15% of respondents noticed an increase in spontaneous meat trade over the past year, and according to processors, the increase in such sales varies from 15% to 50%. ...