Map expands airport prevention actions to prevent the entry of African swine fever in Brazil

Leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) followed, on the night of Monday (23) and early this Tuesday (24), at the Guarulhos International Airport (SP), with control actions to prevent the entry of swine fever African in Brazil. Cumbica airport, as it is known, concentrates 76% of international passenger traffic in the country. African swine fever (APS) is a fatal viral disease for swine, which affects both domestic swine and wild pigs, which live freely in the wild. It does not affect humans, but it can cause losses due to mortality and the costs of contingency in cases of outbreaks and blocking exports of porcine meat products. Brazilian health authorities are on alert after PSA cases were confirmed in the Dominican Republic in July, prompting the arrival of the disease on the American continent. This is the first record of the disease on the continent since the 1980s, when it was considered eradicated. At a meeting, the executive secretary of the ...