Beijing found "African swine fever" African porcine epidemic prevention and control eight bans

[Network] agricultural agriculture and rural Ministry press office issued November 23, Fangshan District, Beijing investigation and the African swine plague situation. It is understood that the epidemic has been properly disposed of.

At 9:00 on November 23, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs received a report from the China Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center and was diagnosed by the China Center for Animal Health and Epidemiology (National Center for Animal Disease Research). Qinglonghu Town and Liulihe Town, Fangshan District, Beijing. each a farm investigation and the African swine plague situation. Up to now, a farm in Qinglonghu Town has 1325 pigs and 49 deaths; the Liulihe Town Farm has 429 pigs and 37 deaths.

Immediately after the outbreak, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs sent a steering group to the local area. The local government has started the emergency response mechanism as required, and adopted measures such as blockade, culling, harmless treatment, disinfection, etc., to treat all the sick and culled pigs harmlessly. At the same time, all pigs and their products are prohibited from being transferred out of the blockade, and pigs are prohibited from being transported into the blockade. At present, the above measures have been implemented.

Eight bans on prevention and control of African swine fever

1. It is strictly forbidden to report, lie, delay, report, or obstruct others from reporting animal epidemics;

2. It is strictly forbidden to receive reports of animal epidemics and not to accept them;

3. It is strictly forbidden to check the animal epidemic situation and not in place;

4. It is strictly forbidden to fail to perform the duties of animal disease detection and issue false test reports;

5. It is strictly forbidden to issue certificates or illegally issue certificates without quarantine;

6. It is strictly forbidden to use or resell animal health badges in violation of regulations;

7. It is strictly forbidden to dispose of illegally infected or suspected animals, animal products and related articles;

8. It is strictly forbidden to find violations of laws and regulations without investigation.

The following is a partial footage of the press conference held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on the prevention and control of African swine fever:

Here, I once again emphasize that African swine fever is not a zoonotic disease, does not infect people, and does not affect food safety . Since the discovery of African swine fever in Kenya in 1921, the African swine fever has occurred in more than 60 countries around the world, confirming this conclusion. I hope that you will not listen to rumors, scientifically treat African swine fever, and rest assured that you will consume raw pig products.

Since the discovery of African swine fever in our country in August this year, we have culled pigs in all affected areas and carried out harmless treatment through chemical and deep burial measures, mainly to prevent the spread of the epidemic and endanger more pig breeding. The farmer protects the hog industry. Live pigs in the epidemic area are high-risk sources of infection. Live pigs, pork or pork products must not be allowed to flow out of the affected areas, otherwise the spread of the disease will easily occur. In fact, we not only require the culling of pigs in the affected areas and sound processing, but also on the hog pens, trucks and other vehicles were thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, along with other farming waste treatment and disposal, Ensure that all hidden dangers are eliminated in a timely manner.

[Xinhuanet reporter]: On the one hand, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said that African swine fever is not a disease caused by humans and animals, nor does it affect food safety. On the other hand, all the pigs that have been culled are buried. Is this a waste, is it contradictory?

[Feng Zhongwu]: I have already introduced some to you just now. One of the reasons for the current swine fever epidemic in our country is due to the feeding of kitchen waste. Therefore, the notice of the General Office of the State Council and the management measures we have formulated clearly stipulate the prohibition of using the kitchen waste to feed the pigs. The purpose of this is to avoid the risk of epidemics caused by feeding the kitchen waste. Thank you.

[Financial Journalist]: There may be African swine fever virus in the food chain. In this case, it is possible to pass the drowning water and then enter the pig breeding sector. Is there any assessment in this regard?

[Huang Bao continued]: African swine fever is not a zoonotic disease, it will not infect people, and it will not infect other animals except pigs, and will not affect food safety. International organizations such as the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and the World Organisation for Animal Health have not included African swine fever in zoonotic diseases, nor have they been included in a variety of zoonotic diseases. Relevant national researchers have inoculated the virus of African swine fever to more than 10 kinds of animals such as dogs, rats and rabbits for infection experiments, and no infection occurred. Nearly one hundred years of history since the discovery of African swine fever, there has been no global infection of African swine fever. So you can safely consume quarantined pork. Thank you.

[ Farmers Daily reporter]: After the outbreak, some consumers are worried about whether it is safe to eat pork, or some local restaurants and cafeterias are suspending the supply of pork. Will the African piglets be transmitted to people? Thank you.

[Fengzhong Wu]: From the current situation, pig production is actively transported adaptation measures to limit the national hog supply and the overall price level stability. In terms of production, the country's live pigs sold 496 million heads in the first three quarters, up 0.1% year-on-year; pork output was 38.43 million tons, an increase of 100,000 tons, up 0.3% year-on-year. According to the calculation of 689 million pigs in 2017, the proportion of smuggling pigs in the epidemic disposal accounted for only 0.087% of the national market, the direct impact is very limited, and the market supply is still relatively loose. From the price point of view, the average price of pork in the country has been stable at around 23.5 yuan per kilogram since August, there has not been a sharp rise, and there is no out of stock. In the early stage of strict regulation and regulation, the prices of pork in Zhejiang and Shanghai have increased regionally. At present, pork prices in the two provinces are 31.4 yuan and 27.4 yuan respectively. Although they are still higher than the national average, they have dropped by 2 since October. Yuan or so. In general, during the Spring Festival of the New Year's Day, the production capacity is sufficient, the supply of pork is guaranteed, and there is little room for price increases.

We also noticed that restricting the cross-regional transportation of pigs and their products did have some impact on the production turnover of some enterprises. Some pig farms were forced to press the bar, and piglets had some difficulties in transportation. The breeding pigs were not restricted to the scope of transportation, but also caused great trouble to the enterprise. In this regard, we have made corresponding arrangements. First, further improve the transportation supervision program, and ensure the convenient transportation of piglets under the premise of ensuring effective control of the epidemic. The second is to rationally allocate and make full use of the existing slaughtering capacity, guide the local slaughter, and reduce the pressure on the pressure zone. The third is to actively coordinate relevant departments, strengthen the “point-to-point” transportation of major producing provinces and major provinces and provinces, and stabilize market prices. In fact, this measure has been implemented in the province, requiring the provincial animal husbandry and veterinary department to review, the qualified farms and slaughter plants to establish a "point-to-point" transportation mechanism, transporting pigs to designated slaughter plants according to the designated route, and related products are quarantined. Only qualified can be listed for sale.

[Central Radio and Television Headquarters CCTV reporter]: My problem is that after the occurrence of African swine fever, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has adopted measures to restrict transportation, which will affect the current production of pigs, will affect the pork during the New Year's Day and the Spring Festival. Supply? Thank you.

[Huang Bao continued]: After the outbreak of wild pigs in the Lujiang District of Baishan City, Jilin Province, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the State Forestry and Forestry Bureau immediately dispatched a supervision team to jointly carry out epidemic situation investigation and epidemiological investigation. At present, all emergency measures for the epidemic have been implemented. After sampling and testing the dead wild boar, the laboratory test results showed that the virus that caused the Jilin Baishan wild pig epidemic had obvious differences in the key positions of the gene, which was different from the virus that caused the domestic pig swine epidemic. At the same time, the animal husbandry and veterinary department conducted several epidemic investigations, sampling tests and epidemiological investigations on the surrounding areas of the dead wild boar, and no cases of domestic pig infection were found. Judging from the existing surveys and test results, it is basically clear that this wild boar epidemic is not directly related to the domestic pig swine epidemic, and is not passed from the domestic pig to the wild boar. Due to the discovery of the border area, high forest coverage and dense wild boar activity, it is likely to be an outbreak.

Wild pigs have complex path and are not easily affected by human control. If African piglets continue to spread in wild boars, it will greatly increase the difficulty of prevention and control. At the same time, it has entered the winter season. The African swine fever virus is not afraid of heat, and it has stronger survival ability and longer survival time under low temperature conditions. In addition, it is difficult for wild boars to find food in winter, and to enter the farmer's area to find food and spread the risk of spreading the disease to domestic pigs. Increase. If the situation of wild boar-pig-pig transmission is further formed, the long-term and complexity of prevention and control of African swine fever will be greatly increased. Our Ministry and the National Forest and Grass Bureau have arranged for the relevant localities to further strengthen the investigation of wild boar epidemics, strengthen the supervision of artificial breeding wild boars, and cut off the way for African piglets to cross between domestic pigs and wild boars.

[Central Radio and Television General Station, Yang Guang reporter]: Feng Bureau mentioned that there has been a case of African swine fever in the wild pigs in China. We also saw reports that the epidemic occurred in Jilin, and this epidemic situation with domestic pigs What kind of relationship will it have on China's African swine fever epidemic? Thank you.

[Feng Zhongwu]: Regarding your second question, I want to start from the epidemic situation in other countries. African swine fever was first discovered in Kenya in 1921. In the past 100 years, there have been six cases of African swine fever in the past. This year, the global African swine fever epidemic is significantly more important than in previous years. The number of newly-increased countries has increased by 30% year-on-year, and the number of epidemics has increased by 10.7%. Up to now, the history of Rumania, Hungary, Poland, South Africa, 15 countries and more than 4400 outbreaks occur, some countries show a large outbreak, pandemic situation. Of the 60 countries that have had African swine fever, only 13 have eradicated the epidemic, and the eradication time is 5 to 36 years. It can be said that enormous human, material and financial resources are available. Russia has had 11 years of African swine fever since 2007, and there have been more than 1,000 epidemics (107 of which have occurred in 2018), but it has not been effectively controlled.

Since August, there have been 72 cases of African swine fever in August, including 4 in August, 20 in September, 27 in October, and 22 in November. After the inspection of the chief veterinary officer of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in the United Nations, the Chinese government attaches great importance to the prevention and control of piglets in Africa. The measures taken are effective and effective, the management of the epidemic situation is open and transparent, and the number and loss of the epidemic are also controlled to the lowest extent, avoiding the epidemic. The serious consequences of an outbreak of pandemics; if the Chinese government did not take firm and decisive measures, it would not be 70, but 7,000 outbreaks. This also shows that the task of preventing and controlling pigs in Africa in China is still very arduous. Taking into account the particularity of China's pig industry and the characteristics of African swine fever virus, we initially judged that the next period of time is still a critical period for the prevention and control of the disease, and the disease will still show a point-like sporadic situation. The epidemic prevention measures have been gradually put in place, and it is unlikely that there will be an outbreak in a small area like Liaoning Province. At the same time, we are resolutely implementing the existing prevention and control measures, and on the premise of fighting for each epidemic, we must also prepare for the more unfavorable situation and the protracted war.

[Feng Zhongwu]: Regarding your first question, according to our understanding, this is also a problem that many netizens are very concerned about.

In response to each epidemic that has occurred, we have sent a team of experts to the scene at the first time to guide and assist the place where the epidemic occurred, and resolutely and decisively take emergency measures such as blockade, culling, disinfection and harmless treatment. Judging from the current situation, the above-mentioned disposal measures have been strictly implemented. The 73 pigs and one wild boar epidemic that have occurred have been effectively disposed of and there has been no secondary spread.

The number of epidemics is still increasing, and our analysis is closely related to the following four factors. First, China's border line is long, international exchanges are frequent, and the risk of introduction of overseas epidemics continues to increase. Smuggling of pork and its products from outbreak countries, passengers, international flights, kitchen waste, and wild boar crossings may all bring viruses into the country. Second, African swine fever has obvious characteristics of early detection and difficulty in prevention. The incubation period of this disease is long. After the pig is infected, it may not show clinical symptoms within 3 weeks, but the virus can be unknown during this period. Sick pigs and their products are transmitted through a variety of ways through market transactions, slaughtering, carrying of human tools, long-distance transportation, contact spread, and feeding of kitchen residues. Third, Chinese residents generally like to eat hot meat, which caused a large number of pigs to be transported over long distances. At the same time, the disinfection of vehicles and the management of brokers did not keep up, which led to the epidemic. Fourth, the number of small and medium-sized retail investors in China's pig breeding is still very large. These free-range households have poor biosafety conditions, inadequate measures, and many habits of feeding kitchen waste (drip water) to feed pigs, and the risk of introduction of the epidemic is higher.

[People's Daily reporter]: According to the news released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, every African swine fever has been effectively disposed of, but why the number of African swine fever epidemics in China is still growing, can we predict? What kind of development trend will China's African swine fever epidemic situation show? Thank you.

[Deputy Director of China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center Huang Bao continued]: First of all, the disease was introduced from abroad. Because, before 2018, China has not had African swine fever. Molecular epidemiological studies have shown that the African swine fever virus gene type II introduced into China has a genome-wide homology of 99.95% with the strains published by Georgia, Russia and Poland.

There are four main types of routes for cross-border transmission of African swine fever: one is the international trade and smuggling of live pigs and their products, the second is the pork and its products carried by international passengers, and the third is the food and kitchen surplus on international transport tools. It is a wild boar migration.

After the discovery of the first African swine fever epidemic in China, we immediately launched an epidemiological survey. From the current epidemiological survey, the possible routes of African swine fever into China are mainly the above categories. In China, there are frequent exchanges of personnel between African countries and the trade of goods. The price of pork is higher than that of neighboring countries, and smuggling activities are repeated. The number of wild boars and population density in the border areas continue to increase, and the risk of introduction of the epidemic is higher than that of other countries. At present, our ministry is working with relevant departments to strengthen joint traceability investigations and use molecular epidemiological methods to further identify sources.

Regarding the spread of the domestic epidemic. Since the first epidemic, we have conducted a systematic epidemiological investigation of each epidemic. To sum up, there are three main ways to spread the epidemic of 68 pigs that have been identified.

First, the live pigs and their products are transported across regions. There were 13 epidemics caused by the transfer of different places, accounting for about 19% of the total epidemic.

The second is to feed the pigs with the rest of the kitchen. There were 23 outbreaks caused by feeding kitchen wastes, accounting for about 34% of all outbreaks.

The third is the spread of drugs and vehicles. After the pigs transport vehicles and traffickers carry the virus, they can spread the epidemic without thorough disinfection into other farms. This is the most important way of spreading the current epidemic, accounting for about 46% of the total epidemic. In this regard, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued an announcement on November 1st, which put forward new requirements for the regulation of pig transport vehicles. Thank you.

Editor: Regarding African swine fever, the country has a complete set of emergency treatment programs. In addition, African swine fever will not infect people and will not affect the pork market. Beijing pork is tested and quarantined and can be safely eaten.

African swine fever is generally practiced after incineration or deep burial.

African swine fever has a uniform disposal standard and will not flow into the market.