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Mortal vírus da PSA na Alemanha

Ministra do BMEL alemão confirma a presença do vírus da peste suína africana no Estado de Brandemburgo

 

Conforme a notícia Erster Verdachtsfall von Afrikanischer Schweinepest in Brandenburg do RBB24 de 9 de setembro de 2020, o Laboratório de Berlim-Brandenburg (LLBB, na sigla em alemão, Landerslabor Berlin-Brandenburg) recebeu na quarta-feira (9) uma carcaça suspeita de javali selvagem encontrada no distrito de Spree-Neisse que faz fronteira com a Polônia.

 

 

Uma amostra coletada dessa carcaça suspeita foi enviada do LLBB para um laboratório de referência nacional, o Instituto Friedrich-Loeffler (FLI, na sigla em alemão, Friedrich-Loeffler-Insitut), onde um exame virológico confirmou a presença do vírus da peste suína africana (PSA) em território alemão.

A ministra do Ministério da Alimentação e Agricultura (BMEL, na sigla em alemão, Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft) da Alemanhã, Julia Klöckner, pelo Twitter também confirmou a ocorrência do surto de PSA.

 

 

Surto de PSA poderá ter enormes consequências econômicas

A PSA, uma doença epizoótica, não traz consequências à saúde das pessoas, mas na grande maioria dos casos é mortal para os suínos domésticos. Nos últimos anos, vários agricultores do Leste Europeu tiveram que eliminar seus plantéis de suínos devido a disseminação da PSA.

Na Alemanha, esse surto de PSA poderá ter enormes consequências econômicas em prejuízo dos agricultores. De acordo com o BMEL, as exportações para países não-UE (especialmente para os países asiáticos) poderão ser em grande parte perdidas. Para que a Alemanha possa exportar carne suína para a China, por exemplo, a fiscalização agropecuária chinesa exige a comprovação de "território livre de peste suína africana". No entanto, poderá ser mantido o comércio de carne suína dentro da UE. Haverá restrições apenas para as criações localizadas nas proximidades do surto inicial de PSA.

 

 

Em novembro de 2019, segundo a Associação Estadual de Agricultores (LBV, na sigla em alemão, Landesbauernverbands), cerca de 750.000 suínos eram criados em 170 propriedades rurais no Estado de Brandemburgo. Os suínos são especialmente exportados pelo Estado de Brandemburgo para outros estados alemães e outros países da UE.

 

Fiscalização agropecuária alemã reforça medidas preventivas

Na fronteira da Alemanha com a Polônia (país onde a PSA é um problema crescente), no último mês de março, o local mais a leste onde foi localizada uma carcaça de javali selvagem encontrava-se a pouco mais de dez quilômetros. Porém, no mês passado um novo surto foi identificado no território polonês ainda mais próximo da fronteira alemã, segundo o BMEL. 

Com a finalidade de tentar proteger a Alemanha dos javalis selvagens que migram da Polônia, o Estado de Brandemburgo construiu uma cerca elétrica móvel com 120 quilômetros de extensão nos distritos de Oder-Spree e Spree-Neisse e na cidade de Frankfurt (Oder).

 

Modificado em 11-9-2020 em 23:44

 

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16-12-2019 - Yonhap News Agency & S. Korea sets aside more budget funds to fight animal diseases [South Korea set aside more state budget funds for next year to fight animal diseases, the agricultural ministry said Monday, after the deadly African swine fever (ASF) hit local pig farms in northern areas this year. The National Assembly approved the budget proposal of 371.4 billion won (US$315 million) for efforts to tackle a variety of animal diseases, which marks a 20 percent rise from 308 billion won allocated for this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.The increased budget came as the country has confirmed 14 cases of ASF at local farms in total this year, although the last case from domesticated pigs was reported in October. The total number of wild boars infected with the virus, on the other hand, has been gradually increasing to hit 46 as of Saturday. (...)]

16-12-2019 - Pig Progress & ASF China: US-China trade deal; FAO says virus in Indonesia [(...) FAO confirms ASF in Indonesia. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as well as the Indonesian government have now also confirmed that African Swine Fever has been discovered in the province North Sumatra. Indonesia's agriculture ministry confirmed this on December 12; FAO has confirmed to be working together with the authorities to help contain the outbreaks. That ASF had reached Sumatra already was clear since mid-November when local authorities confirmed the same. The authorities then stated the province had been suffering from a co-infection of African Swine Fever and Classical Swine Fever, and that an increased level of mortality was around since late September. About 4,000 pigs had to be culled. (...)]

15-12-2019 - Daily Mail & Closing in on Australia: Deadly African swine fever that could decimate our pork industry is found in Indonesia [Deadly swine fever is closing in on Australia's pork industry as experts say it has reached Indonesia. The disease, although harmless to humans, could wipe of Australia's $5.2billion pork industry. Indonesian authorities say the swine fever has been discovered in North Sumatra and has prompted experts to investigate any livestock deaths in the country. (...)]

28-11-2019 - The Western Producer & Global ASF crisis deepens [The spread of African swine fever continues to grow with some analysts suspecting China is downplaying the crisis and about half the sow herd there has been lost. "We still to this day do not know how bad it really is," said Brett Stuart of Global AgriTrends, who provides market advice to the Canadian and U.S. livestock industries and makes frequent trips to China to gather market intelligence. The hard-to-kill virus has threatened 75 percent of the world's hogs in Europe and Asia, he told the Alberta Pork annual meeting held in Calgary Nov. 21. It has spread throughout China, Vietnam, the Philippines and South Korea. Cases have been found in Belgium and Poland. (...)]

25-11-2019 - Japan Times & Japan gears up for pig culls to prevent African swine fever [The agriculture ministry will seek to allow pig culls as a preventive measure against African swine fever, something not currently permitted by the law, if the disease is detected in Japan. The ministry will submit a bill to the Diet next year to revise the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases Control, ministry officials said. The law currently only allows preventive killings for dealing with foot-and-mouth disease, which broke out in Miyazaki Prefecture in 2010. African swine fever, which is rampant in Asia, is more infectious than the standard swine fever currently found in central Japan and does not have an effective cure. The ministry sees the pre-emptive slaughter of uninfected pigs in farms near infected sites as the only viable way to prevent an epidemic. (...)] 

16-11-2019 - Associação dos Fiscais da Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Paraná (Afisa-PR) & Coreia do Sul: sangue dos suínos abatidos tingiu de vermelho as águas de um riacho [O principal método da fiscalização agropecuária da Coreia do Sul para impedir novos surtos de peste suína africana (PSA) tem sido o abate em massa de animais: até agora foram mortos cerca de 380.000 suínos]

8-11-2019 - Reuters & China reshapes global meat markets as swine fever rages [China is scouring the world for meat to replace the millions of pigs killed by African swine fever (ASF), boosting prices, business and profits for European and South American meatpackers as it re-shapes global markets for pork, beef and chicken]

3-11-2019 - Outbreak News Today & Indonesia: African swine fever reported in North Sumatra, according to media report [African swine fever has been reported in Indonesia, according to a Sumut Pos report (computer translated). The report states: A total of 11 districts / cities in North Sumatra Province tested positive for African swine fever (ASF) virus. The 11 regencies / cities include Dairi Regency, Humbang Hasundutan, Deliserdang, Medan, Karo, Toba Samosir, Serdang Bedagai, North Tapanuli, Central Tapanuli, South Tapanuli, and Samosir District. (...)]

3-11-2019 - Associação dos Fiscais da Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Paraná (Afisa-PR) & PSA poderá matar aproximadamente 25% do rebanho mundial de suínos [Com base nos recentes alertas da Organização Mundial de Saúde Animal (OIE) sobre a gravidade da situação da peste suína africana (PSA), um novo panorama sugere que esta doença poderá matar aproximadamente 25% do rebanho mundial de suínos]

1-11-2019 - The Pig Site & Experts predict swine fever could wipe out quarter of global pig herd [With the recent comments from the OIE on the severity of the ASF situation, a new report suggests that over 25 percent of the world's pig population will die from the disease]

31-10-2019 - The Guardian & Quarter of world's pig population 'to die due to African swine fever' [World Organisation for Animal Health warns spread of disease has inflamed worldwide crisis] 

31-10-2019 - Evening Standard & A quarter of the world's pigs expected to die from swine fever, scientist warn [A quarter of the world's pigs are expected to be wiped out by African swine fever, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health. Authorities are trying to get to grips with the fast-spreading disease that has already been detected in China, which rears half the world's supply of hogs. A sharp reduction in pig population could lead to food shortages, high pork prices and inflame a "world-wide crisis", said Mark Schipp, the organisation's president] 

30-10-2019 - Reuters & No country immune to risk of African swine fever spreading: OIE [African swine fever will spread further across Asia where it has devastated herds, and no country is immune from being hit by the deadly animal virus, the head of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Wednesday]

21-10-2019 - Pig Progress & What is the risk of ASFv smuggled into the USA? [Combined US-Spanish research explored what would be the risk of African Swine Fever virus being smuggled into the US in pork in air passenger luggage]

13-10-2019 - Japan Times & North Korea may be hiding hog apocalypse from the world [By official accounts, the pig contagion wreaking havoc across Eastern Asia has virtually skipped over North Korea, with a single outbreak reported there in May. But wayward feral pigs have stoked concern that Kim Jong Un’s reclusive state is hiding an African swine fever disaster. Three wild boars were found dead in border areas separating the two countries earlier this month before being tested positive for the viral hemorrhagic disease, officials in South Korea said. The finding reflects the freedom with which animals roam the 4-kilometer-wide (2.5 mile-wide) buffer zone that divides the nations and creates an involuntary park and refuge for fauna. (...)]

12-10-2019 - The Guardian & African swine fever: the deadly virus that has landed on Australia's doorstep [The deadly virus wreaking havoc in Asia has been detected in Timor-Leste, just 680km north of Darwin] 

6-10-2019 - Associação dos Fiscais da Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Paraná (Afisa-PR) & Vírus da PSA pode sobreviver viável após viagem transoceânica de 30 dias [Um estudo científico conduzido por pesquisadores veterinários norte-americanos investigou o possível risco de o vírus da peste suína africana (PSA) se disseminar através da importação de ingredientes vegetais utilizados na fabricação de ração para suínos]

4-10-2019 - Pig Progress & ASF can survive a 30-day transoceanic Voyage [African Swine Fever virus can survive a simulated 30-day transoceanic voyage in contaminated plant-based feed and ingredients, a new study shows]  

4-10-2019 - Pig Progress & ASF hits backyard farms hard in the Philippines [The sea has not been able to stop the march of African Swine Fever in Asia. In September 2019 the virus was also confirmed in the Philippines. What happened on the islands exactly and what are some of the longer-term perspectives?] 

26-9-2019 - The Pig Site & South Korea orders military to target wild boar to stop spread of ASF [South Korea has ordered hundreds of soldiers manning the demilitarised zone (DMZ) on its border with North Korea to track and capture wild boars in a bid to prevent the spread of African swine fever, military officials said]

25-9-2019 - The Pig Site & New swine fever cases continue to emerge in South Korea [African swine fever has been confirmed at another pig farm in Incheon followed by two suspected outbreaks in Ganghwa and Yeoncheon, which could bring the total number of confirmed cases in South Korea to eight]

19-9-2019 - Pig Progress & African Swine Fever confirmed on 2 farms in South Korea [African Swine Fever is continuing its march through Asia, as South Korea confirmed 2 farms infected with the virus, both in the province Gyeonggi-do in the north of the country]

16-9-2019 - Kansas State University & New study confirms possible danger of imported feed contaminated with African swine fever [A new study by Kansas State University provides more accurate half-life measurements that confirm the African swine fever virus can survive a simulated 30-day transoceanic voyage in contaminated plant-based feed and ingredients]

13-9-2019 - Pig Progress & ASF Philippines: Carcasses in river; more money released [Footage from the Philippines is showing pig carcasses are floating through the Marikina river, which running close to the affected with ASF and the capital Manila. In the meantime, the Philippine government is allocating millions of pesos to help fight the virus] 

11-9-2019 & The Pig Site & One year on from the first ASF outbreak, where is China's pork industry heading? [On 3 August 2018, the first case of African swine fever (ASF) was detected in Liaoning Province of north-eastern China. Over the past year, it has spread rapidly nationwide and up to the end of August 2019 a total of 156 separate outbreaks have been confirmed, covering 107 cities across 31 provinces. In other words, all provinces in mainland China, together with Hong Kong, have now reported instances of the virus]

9-9-2019 - Pig Progress & UPDATED: ASF in Philippines, outbreaks confirmed near Manila [The Philippines has confirmed that the dead pigs found in several farms near Manila indeed tested positive for African Swine Fever (ASF)]

6-9-2019 - Reuters & Vietnam culls 4.7 million pigs as African swine fever spreads

5-9-2019 - The Sofia Globe & African Swine Fever: 7400 farmers in Bulgaria apply for compensation

30-8-2019 - THe Pig Site & How could African swine fever enter the US? [Three possible pathways of entry have industry leaders concerned about African swine fever (ASF) entering the US] 

29-8-2019 - The Pig Site & China will release frozen pork from reserves to increase market supplies [China's commerce ministry said on Thursday it will release frozen pork, beef and mutton from state reserves in "due course" to increase the supply of meat in the market]

19-8-2019 - Associação dos Fiscais da Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Paraná (Afisa-PR) & A PSA continua implacável na Ásia e na Europa Oriental [Na Ásia até 200 milhões de suínos poderão ser abatidos na China; segundo as Nações Unidas, cerca de 1.170.000 suínos já foram abatidos nesse país em um esforço para deter a disseminação da mortal peste suína africana (PSA)]

10-8-2019 - Associação dos Fiscais da Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Paraná (Afisa-PR) &  A PSA ameaça toda a indústria de suínos da Europa Oriental [A peste suína africana (PSA) não é uma "doença política"]

5-8-2019 - Pig Progress & ASF China: An underestimated crisis [As many as half of China’s breeding pigs have either died from African Swine Fever (ASF) or been slaughtered because of the spreading disease, Reuters reports, adding that according to insiders, this is twice as many as officially acknowledged]

2-8-2019 - The Star & Protecting Malaysia against African swine fever [It is just a hop and a skip across the border from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos for this viral disease that kills pigs to enter our country and potentially destroy our local pork industry]

31-7-2019 - The Pig Site & Fifth pig herd in Bulgaria is hit by African swine fever [Bulgarian authorities announced today (31 July) that they would cull 17,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm in the north of the country]

30-7-2019 - The Pig Site & Vietnamese student arrested for smuggling 10kg of ASF-infected pork into Japan [The exchange student was caught illegally carrying 10kg of fermented pork rolls which was confirmed to be infected with the African swine fever (ASF) virus]

30-7-2019 - World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) & Boosting biosecurity and border measures to control African swine fever in Asia [Asia is facing a devastating and challenging situation after the emergence of African swine fever (ASF) in the region in 2018. Unless measures tailored to the region are implemented, the disease will continue to spread, threatening the livelihood and food security of millions of people. Given the situation, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) convened the 2nd meeting of the GFTADs Standing Group of Experts on the disease for Asia in Tokyo, Japan on 30-31 July 2019. The meeting aims to develop recommendations on biosecurity and border controls that can help curb the spread of ASF and its devastating consequences]

29-7-2019 - Reuters & China's pig herd may shrink by 50% due to African swine fever: Rabobank

24-7-2019 - The Pig Site & Why African swine fever might create a boom in poultry production [This year might well go down as a landmark year in the global poultry and pig industries, for all the wrong reasons]

23-7-2019 - The Pig Site & Pork prices skyrocket and culls begin as ASF hits 17,000 head herd in Bulgaria [On Saturday (20 July) Bulgaria confirmed an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm which housed 17,000 pigs]

20-7-2019 - Associação dos Fiscais da Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Paraná (Afisa-PR)  & Reino Unido: um 'simples' surto de PSA poderá custar £ 85 milhões [No Reino Unido, sua fiscalização agropecuária e suas entidades classistas de suinocultores não querem ser mais realistas que o rei]

17-7-2019 - Associação dos Fiscais da Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Paraná (Afisa-PR) & PSA na Letônia, Vietnã, Laos, Romênia, Camboja, Hungria, Ucrânia, China, Rússia, Bélgica, Polônia, África do Sul... [A peste suína africana (PSA) é uma questão de "sorte" e de tempo?]

12-7-2019 - The Pig Site & African swine fever one step closer to UK herd [Reports have been confirmed that illegal meat imports seized by authorities in Northern Ireland were contaminated with the African swine fever virus]

11-7-2019 - Gazeta do Povo & Peste suína na China impulsiona exportação de frango brasileiro 

5-7-2019 - The Pig Site & ASF confirmed in Bulgaria [According to Reuters, two cases of ASF have been identified in Bulgaria. The disease was identified in backyard pigs from Zhernov, a village in the northern part of the country. In response, the National Food Safety Agency will cull the pigs in Zhernov and establish a 3km quarantine zone around the village. Read more about this story here]

1-7-2019 - Reuters & Mortes de animais com gripe suína na China podem ser o dobro do número oficial [Até metade dos suínos reprodutores da China morreu de peste suína africana ou foi sacrificada devido à disseminação da doença, o dobro do que mostram os números oficiais, de acordo com estimativas de quatro fontes que abastecem grandes produtores]

30-6-2019 - Gazeta do Paraná & Chuva nos EUA e "medo de porco" na China dão impulso extra à economia do Paraná [(...) As exportações de carne de frango, por exemplo, aumentaram 12% de janeiro a maio no período, compensando parte das perdas de 29% da soja. O principal destino foi a China, que enfrenta uma grave crise de peste suína africana – com o receio do consumo de carne de porco contaminada, o país passou a demandar mais carne de frango (...)]

12-6-2019 - Euronews & North Korea steps up measures to prevent spread of African swine fever [North Korea has stepped up measures to prevent the spread of the highly contagious and deadly African swine fever, its main state newspaper said on Wednesday, breaking its silence on the outbreak which was first reported in late May. In late May, North Korea reported an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), South Korea’s agriculture ministry said but the North has not made any official comment on its outbreak. (...)]

7-6-2019 - Pig Progress & How ASF was eradicated in the Czech Republic [Of all the European countries that detected outbreaks of African Swine Fever in recent years, the Czech Republic has been the only one to actually eradicate the virus again. Strict control measures, strict biosecurity and a coordinated approach played a part in the successful eradication of the virus. Here is how that went]

5-6-2019 - Pig Progess & ASF Poland: Virus hits farm of 8,000 pigs [The African Swine Fever (ASF) epidemic in Poland is far from over. This week, a commercial production facility having 8,012 pigs had to be depopulated due to the virus – most likely the largest farm so far to be hit by AS]

2-6-2019 - Associação dos Fiscais da Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Paraná (Afisa-PR) & Fiscalização agropecuária pública é fundamental e estratégica [E caso a peste suína africana (PSA) apareça por aqui? É preciso política pública de Estado (e não de governadores/comissionados de confiança que transitam governos) permanente e de longo prazo em favor da fiscalização agropecuária pública; é preciso o fim da desvalorização profissional e da sub remuneração na base da carreira própria em prejuízo do fiscal agropecuário do Paraná!]

1-6-2019 - Associação dos Fiscais da Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Paraná (Afisa-PR) & China: como a PSA afeta o comércio global de proteína animal [Este ano, em decorrência da peste suína africana (PSA), a China tem menos 133.862 milhões de suínos]

30-5-2019 - PIG World & OIE says China faces long struggle to tackle African Swine Fever [The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said it will take years for China to contain the deadly African swine fever virus that has spread throughout the country] 

28-5-2019 - Reuters & China faces long struggle to tackle African swine fever: OIE [It will take years for China to contain the deadly African swine fever virus that has spread throughout the country, which is the world’s biggest pork producer, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday]

4-5-2019 - RT & Cómo la peste porcina de China pone en vilo los mercados globales [Las pérdidas del mayor productor y tercer mayor consumidor per cápita de carne de cerdo moverán los mercados y hasta influenciarán la geopolítica, sostiene un analista]

16-3-2019 - Associação dos Fiscais da Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Paraná (Afisa-PR) & Identificação do v-PSA: teste portátil foi testado com sucesso [Em 2007, a ARS/USDA solicitou que esse tipo de teste fosse empregado na Geórgia na detecção do v-PSA, embora nunca tivesse sido testado fora do laboratório; foi um sucesso, fornecendo resultados após 60 a 90 minutos das raspagens, em comparação com as várias horas demandadas nos ensaios convencionais de PCR - ASF-v ID: Portable test has been successfully tested & In 2007, the ARS/USDA requested that this type of test be employed in Georgia in detecting ASF-V-PSA, although it had never been tested outside the laboratory; was a success, providing results after 60 to 90 minutes of the raspagens, compared to the several hours demanded in conventional PCR assays]

23-2-2019 - Associação dos Fiscais da Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Paraná (Afisa-PR) & PSA se espalha pela Ásia [Relatados os primeiros surtos de peste suína africana (PSA) no Vietnã & ASF spreads across Asia & Reported the first outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) in Vietnam]

19-1-2019 - Associação dos Fiscais da Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Paraná (Afisa-PR) & O que torna tão difícil erradicar a PSA? [Torna-se crucial incluir a ciência social ao planejar medidas de prevenção, controle ou erradicação da peste suína africana (PSA).  Considerando-se apenas suas particularidades biológicas, contagiosidade, tenacidade e taxa de letalidade, mas ignorando os aspectos humanos, sua atual epidemia de PSA não será controlada & What makes ASF so difficult to eradicate? & It´s crucial to include social science when planning measures to prevent, control or eradicate African Swine fever (ASF). Considering just their biological particularities, contagiosity, tenacity and lethality rate, but ignoring human aspects, their current ASF epidemic will not be controlled]

17-11-2018 - Associação dos Fiscais da Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Paraná (Afisa-PR) & China: receia-se que o surto de PSA se transforme em epidemia [Carece de investimento o controle da epizoótica peste suína africana (PSA): "A trágica ironia da alocação de investimento para o controle de doenças zoonóticas é que a PSA, eventualmente, poderá causar tanto impacto sobre uma fonte de proteína vital na cadeia alimentar para bilhões de pessoas quanto poderia causar uma epidemia humana"]

7-9-2018 - Associação dos Fiscais da Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Paraná (Afisa-PR) & Opinião da Direx: peste suína africana (PSA) fora de controle? [Com o aumento da velocidade da batalha global contra a PSA, setores da iniciativa privada vinculados aos negócios da agropecuária e os governos de passagem pelo poder não deveriam contar apenas com a sorte... & Opinion of Direx: African swine fever (PSA) out of control? & With the speeding up of the global battle against ASF, sectors of the private initiative linked to the agribusiness business and the governments of passage by the power shouldn't rely on luck...]

10-5-2016 - Associação dos Fiscais da Defesa Agropecuária do Estado do Paraná (Afisa-PR) & Afisa-PR contesta liberação da entrada de produtos de origem animal trazidos por turistas [O Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA) publicou instrução normativa que permite o ingresso, entre outros, de produtos lácteos industrializados (como queijos franceses e doce de leite argentino) e carnes e embutidos (como salames espanhóis e peixes defumados)]