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The African swine fever virus has appeared in Hungary
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According to hvg.hu, on Tuesday, the laboratory of the National Food Chain Safety Office (NFCSO) detected the pathogen of the African swine fever (ASFV) in a wild boar that was shot out near the periphery of Tarcal.
Upon the instruction of the national chief veterinarian, animal healthcare specialists promptly began executing the necessary measures. The main goal is to prevent the virus from spreading to domesticated swine, but to accomplish this, it is necessary for animal keepers to comply to the regulations of disease control strictly – can be read in the statement of authorities.
The National Centre for Disease Control traced out the septic and acutely inspected areas. You can find detailed information about the affected areas and related regulations here (in Hungarian).
The African swine fever virus has previously appeared in Heves county in April and Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county in May. Because of this, it was ordered to cull the wild boar population. During this process, the hunters shot out a seemingly healthy specimen, in which the NFSCO later identified the virus. An epidemiological investigation is currently taking place, but the relatively long distance (over 70 kilometres) and the available epidemiological data suggests that the current appearance cannot be connected to previous cases.
The NFCSO emphasises that
the ASFV is not dangerous to humans.
Its significance comes from the economic damage, that is caused by the slaughtering of the infected livestock and the commercial restriction that take place.
The most-methodical Way to erradicate Swine Fever in Europe would be nightly, Progress Report, shown on the “New CEU”…”Central European Univision”…broadcast from Origo Studios…as this is not the Kind of Thing 1 can deal with by Way of an occasional Snippet, in “Daily News Hungary”, about an occasional, stricken Pig found in the Country.