African swine fever is getting closer in Netherlands

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Germany

Netherlands

Published Jul 4, 2022

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Yesterday it was announced that a sow farm in Emsburen, 15 km from the Dutch border, is infected with African Swine Fever (AVP). The German state of Lower Saxony announced this on Saturday. The company is located in an area with many pig farms. The German authorities establish a 3 km protection zone and a 10 km surveillance zone around the affected company. The animals on the farm are culled.

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Yesterday there was consultation with POV and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality to trace the movements of companies. An administrative meeting with all Dutch stakeholders will follow tomorrow. At the moment, it appears that the contamination is the result of human activity, given the distance from other infected farms and infected wild boar populations. It is a business-dense area and there is a chance that the virus will spread between companies, in this area and possibly also to companies in the Netherlands. There are currently no indications that wild boars in the district of Emsland are infected. Germany is conducting tracing studies to identify the source and to map out contacts between the contaminated site and other pig farms or wild boar populations. In accordance with European regulations, wild boar populations will also be intensively monitored. Situation in the Netherlands There are currently no indications of ASF contamination in the Netherlands, ...

Source: Lto