The heat again triggers cases of African swine fever in Romania

Published Jul 27, 2021

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Romania is experiencing a surge in African swine fever due to high temperatures, with 50 new outbreaks reported in the last week, bringing the total to 170. The president of the Association of Pork Producers of Romania, Ion Ladosi, attributes the spread of the disease to violations of prevention measures. The surge threatens to further harm Romania's already struggling swine industry, which has lost heavily due to the epidemic since 2017. The epidemic has resulted in the culling of hundreds of thousands of pigs and has led to a complete halt in unprocessed pork exports, forcing the country to rely on imports.

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High temperatures have triggered a new spike in African swine fever in Romania, where veterinary authorities detected 50 new outbreaks of the disease in the past week, local media reported. "The heat makes the disease spread much faster." explains to Efe the president of the Association of Pork Producers of Romania, Ion Ladosi, who also attributes the rebound to the constant violations of prevention measures. According to the latest official balance of the veterinary authorities, there are currently in Romania 170 active outbreaks of the disease. This new explosion in the number of sources of infection occurs after the authorities managed to reduce it to less than one hundred at the end of June. According to the employers' association of pork meat producers, the evolution of the situation is "very worrying", and It threatens to deal a new blow to Romania's already badly punished ...

Source: Agrodiario