Pig leaders in Latin America agree that Assurance and notification fund are the tools for America to face the African Swine Fever

Published 2021년 8월 11일

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Pig farmers from Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, and Peru have agreed on the importance of an insurance fund and prompt notification to combat the African Swine Fever (ASF) in Latin America. The farmers have been preparing for the disease since 2018, reinforcing control measures at ports and hiring additional inspectors. They are also establishing a financing fund to cover union members and providing biosecurity training to farmers. The leaders stressed the need for communication to inform the public that ASF is not a risk to human health and to awareness about the potential economic impact of the disease. They also underscored the importance of timely notification to effectively implement control strategies.
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• Pig farmers in Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru agreed that an insurance fund, biosecurity and prompt notification are key to face the African Swine Fever. Pig leaders in Latin America agreed that although the arrival of African Swine Fever (ASF) to the continent through the Dominican Republic is recent, the preparation of the countries of the region to be able to face the disease began in 2018. In a virtual meeting with pork representatives from the region, Heriberto Hernández, president of the Organization of Mexican Pork Producers (Opormex), recalled that in that year they began to sensitize the authorities to reinforce the revision controls in air, sea and border ports; To support these tasks, the producers had their own financial resources to hire 25 additional sanitary inspectors. Patricia Rojas Morales, Executive Director of the Costa Rican Chamber of Pork Producers, commented that in addition to strengthening preventive measures, her body ...
Source: Porcicultura

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