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Intensive hunting, industry collaboration and the establishment of a fence with camera surveillance along the Danish border are major activities credited to the success of the African swine fever eradication plan.
ASF was first detected in the German wild boar population on September 10, 2020, and since then 1200 wild boars have been found to be infected
The Deutscher Bau- ernverband – Germany’s agricultural organisation – has demanded greater speed, better uniformity and a more consistent ef- fort from the authorities.
Unsurprisingly, prices have dropped since the discovery.
No doubt this develop- ment in Germany will push for new measures by the authorities and industry to isolate and manage the current ASF infection, especially con- sidering that the spread in west Poland is out of control.
African swine fever creeping closer
AS many readers will be aware, African swine fever has now been de- tected in the domestic pig population in the Brandenburg province of Germany, albeit in a very small segment.
veillance along the border are the major activities that have been credited to the success of the eradi- cation plan initiated in January 2018.
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Three ‘herds’ have tested positive to ASF, though it is worth noting that two of these herds are actually hobby farms containing only a few pigs, with the third herd a commercial unit of 200 animals.
All cameras at the border are continuously monitored, in addition to continued monitoring activities by Miljøminis- teriet Naturstyrelsen.
All three of the herds are outdoor production, and given that ASF has spread from Poland to Germany through the wild boar population, it is not surprising that this is the suspected transmis- sion route to the domestic pig population.
in Germany, bringing the 2021 European total to 7870 to date.
for all wild boars along the border between Po- land and Germany to be killed and fences to be set up in the same way Den- mark fenced their border to Germany.
A new round of com- munication strategies to both the public and travel- ling farm staff have com- menced with summer, re- minding everyone to not bring pork products into Denmark from abroad.
After nearly a year of ASF in Germany, the disease is far from under control, with German pro- ducers criticising the ef- forts of the authorities.
DB’s chair Hubertus Beringmeier has also highlighted an urgent need for adjusted mar- keting opportunities for pig producers in the infec- tion zones or a compensa- tion scheme – neither of which currently exists.
The state-of-the-art truck washing and disin- fection stations at the bor- ders continue to operate in full swing, with the exclu- sion zones and quarantine matrix updated with every ASF development.
These efforts include
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Concurrently, the sow herd in Germany has been reduced by an estimated 8.3 percent over the past few weeks due to the up- coming new housing leg- islation.
So far, the Polish au- thorities and industry have opted not to imple- ment a permanent fence at their side of the border to contain the infection and thus help prevent further spread into Germany via the wild boar population.
This in combination with the recent devas- tating floods has resulted in very tough times now and for the foreseeable future for German pro- ducers.
It is possible that with in- creased efforts to contain the infection, Germany will manage to isolate and eradicate ASF, as has been shown previously by the Czech Republic and Belgium (admittedly on a smaller scale).
Denmark remains vigi- lant to the ASF threat – the combined and collabora- tive efforts from all areas of the industry to prevent the disease from entering is currently holding.
The Danish Nature Agency Miljøminis- teriet Naturstyrelsen an- nounced in June that the last wild boar in Den- mark had been shot, with SEGES reporting no cur- rent knowledge of wild boar north of the Danish German border.
However, it is a long road ahead for industry recovery, with swift and immediate action re- quired.
Intensive hunting, in- dustry collaboration and the establishment of a fence with camera sur-
It is also a timely re- minder that for such a management plan to work, all parts of the industry need to be considered and included, as it is only pos- sible with collaboration.
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The Deutscher Bauernverband – Germany’s agricul- tural organisation – has demanded a more consistent effort from the authorities, including for fences to be set up in the same way Denmark fenced their border to Germany.
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