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SINCE MARCH 2010 ABOUT 1.3 THSD OF PIGS WERE SLAUGHTERED DUE TO NEW CASE OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER INFECTION
ArmInfo
2010-07-21 12:59:00
ArmInfo. Since March 2010 about 1.3 thsd were slaughtered due to the
new virus of African swine fever, said Grigor Baghiyan, Head of the
Food Safety and Veterinary Inspection of the Agriculture Ministry of
Armenia, Wednesday.
According to him, cases of African swine fever were fixed not far from
the towns of Noyemberyan and Dilijan of the Tavush region. "To all
appearances, infection of the pigs could happen in the forest zones
of the specified territories, where the pigs could find themselves
during the pasture period",- said Baghiyan. He added that at a
certain stage the disease may show no visible symptoms. Due to this,
the seemingly healthy pigs could be moved to other regions of Armenia
and cause outbreak of infection. In particular, few cases having no
nature of epidemic (2-3 cases per village) have been fixed in Shirak,
Kotayk and Aragatsotn regions.
"I'd like to recall once again that the African swine fever virus is
spread only in the organisms of wild and domestic pigs and it is not
dangerous for people. And I'd also like to call on swine breeders
to be careful when using fodders of animal origin, which may become
virus spreaders",- he added.
To recall, in late August 2007, an African swine fever virus was fixed
at the north of Armenia. One of the versions was the penetration of
the virus from the territory of neighboring Georgia. Before May 2008
about 20 thsd head of pigs were slaughtered in the republic.
"As this virus has again been detected at the north of the republic,
it has either penetrated here again or has remained in the organisms
of non-slaughtered animals and displayed itself when the organism
resistibility has declined, for instance, in case of another disease",-
said Baghiyan. As regards the compensation to farmers for the forced
slaughter, Baghiyan said that the government will thoroughly consider
this issue.
"If you remember, in 2007-2008 the compensation made up 1005 AMD per
1 kg of meat. Now we'll also try to come to a mutually acceptable
solution, as for many farmers swine breeding is a considerable source
of income",- said Baghiyan.
According to him, new cases of African swine fever will hardly cause
a repeated ban on export of fish products from Armenia to Russia,
introduced by Rosselkhoznadzor as a result of swine fever outbreak in
2007-2008. "In autumn 2009 we received experts from Rosselkhoznadzor,
who visited the fish enterprises and made sure that no infection
endangers their products, and the ban was lifted",- he said. At the
moment no possible repeated ban is being considered, he added.
From: A. Papazian
ArmInfo
2010-07-21 12:59:00
ArmInfo. Since March 2010 about 1.3 thsd were slaughtered due to the
new virus of African swine fever, said Grigor Baghiyan, Head of the
Food Safety and Veterinary Inspection of the Agriculture Ministry of
Armenia, Wednesday.
According to him, cases of African swine fever were fixed not far from
the towns of Noyemberyan and Dilijan of the Tavush region. "To all
appearances, infection of the pigs could happen in the forest zones
of the specified territories, where the pigs could find themselves
during the pasture period",- said Baghiyan. He added that at a
certain stage the disease may show no visible symptoms. Due to this,
the seemingly healthy pigs could be moved to other regions of Armenia
and cause outbreak of infection. In particular, few cases having no
nature of epidemic (2-3 cases per village) have been fixed in Shirak,
Kotayk and Aragatsotn regions.
"I'd like to recall once again that the African swine fever virus is
spread only in the organisms of wild and domestic pigs and it is not
dangerous for people. And I'd also like to call on swine breeders
to be careful when using fodders of animal origin, which may become
virus spreaders",- he added.
To recall, in late August 2007, an African swine fever virus was fixed
at the north of Armenia. One of the versions was the penetration of
the virus from the territory of neighboring Georgia. Before May 2008
about 20 thsd head of pigs were slaughtered in the republic.
"As this virus has again been detected at the north of the republic,
it has either penetrated here again or has remained in the organisms
of non-slaughtered animals and displayed itself when the organism
resistibility has declined, for instance, in case of another disease",-
said Baghiyan. As regards the compensation to farmers for the forced
slaughter, Baghiyan said that the government will thoroughly consider
this issue.
"If you remember, in 2007-2008 the compensation made up 1005 AMD per
1 kg of meat. Now we'll also try to come to a mutually acceptable
solution, as for many farmers swine breeding is a considerable source
of income",- said Baghiyan.
According to him, new cases of African swine fever will hardly cause
a repeated ban on export of fish products from Armenia to Russia,
introduced by Rosselkhoznadzor as a result of swine fever outbreak in
2007-2008. "In autumn 2009 we received experts from Rosselkhoznadzor,
who visited the fish enterprises and made sure that no infection
endangers their products, and the ban was lifted",- he said. At the
moment no possible repeated ban is being considered, he added.
From: A. Papazian