Paraguay: Concern that swine fever spreads in the region, after case in the Dominican Republic

African Swine Fever represents a real threat and the health sector recommends taking all preventive measures so that the disease does not enter the country, because it can have drastic consequences for pig production and the national economy. Dr. Hugo Idoyaga, president of the Council of Delegates of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), stated that there is concern and fear that this disease will spread in the Region, because its appearance in Brazil and Haiti, among the In the 1970s and 1980s, it had caused serious damage to the economy and the pig population. He mentioned that the fact that there is a presence of African Swine Fever on the Continent, specifically the Dominican Republic, means that prevention and surveillance measures have to be more restrictive in terms of pork products. In this sense, he indicated that efforts must be redoubled in the ...