The plan mentions that any unit or individual that finds suspected African swine fever symptoms or abnormal deaths in live pigs and wild boars should immediately report to the local animal husbandry and veterinary authorities and animal health When the regulatory agency or animal epidemic prevention and control agency reports, the relevant unit shall notify the information immediately according to the regulations and confirm the epidemic according to the procedure of “suspicious epidemic-suspected epidemic-confirmed epidemic”. The African swine fever epidemic discovered during the transportation of live pigs shall be reported, handled, and included in the birthplace of live pigs by the place where the epidemic was discovered.
Compared with the previous version, the latest program has adjusted the grading standards for outbreak response. A particularly significant (Grade I) epidemic should still be initiated within 21 days in most provinces, and when new epidemics continue to increase and spread rapidly, posing a serious threat to the development of the pig industry and economic and social operations. The major (level Ⅱ) response standard was raised from more than 5 provinces to more than 9 provinces within 21 days. The larger (Level III) epidemic response standard was adjusted to occur in more than 4 provinces and less than 9 provinces within 21 days, or in 3 adjacent provinces. When an outbreak occurs in 4 provinces or less within 21 days, a general (level IV) outbreak response should be initiated.
In terms of emergency response, the plan is basically the same as the previous version. The county-level people’s government in the place where the epidemic occurred should promptly organize the culling of all live pigs in the epidemic site; the transfer of live pigs and the transfer of unexamined live pigs and products from the epidemic area are prohibited, and qualified pass-through slaughtered pigs can be near the designated route Slaughter; during the blockade period, if the epidemic situation is found again in the threatened area or if the pathogenic test is positive, the disposal measures within the epidemic site shall be referred to.
In the plan, the unblocking conditions for the pig slaughtering and processing sites are also optimized. For the outbreaks discovered by the animal husbandry and veterinary departments, after the local animal husbandry and veterinary authorities pass the tests on their environmental samples and pig products, within 21 days there will be no new cases in the affected areas and threatened areas before they can be unsealed and resume production.
In addition, the plan has detailed monitoring positive treatment. If the farmer finds a positive result during self-inspection, he shall report it in time according to the regulations. If the positive result is verified by the animal disease prevention and control agency at or above the county level and the pig has no abnormal death, the positive pig and its pigs shall be killed. Should be observed in isolation for 21 days. For not reportingThose who report positive self-examination or fraud are listed as key monitoring households, and their pigs are required to attach an African swine fever test report issued by a third party when they are reported for inspection.
If the slaughterhouse finds a positive result during self-inspection, it shall report in time according to the regulations, suspend the slaughtering of live pigs, carry out comprehensive cleaning and disinfection, and after the positive products are harmlessly treated The environmental samples and pig products collected under the supervision of veterinarians shall be submitted for inspection. If they pass the inspection of animal epidemic prevention and control institutions at or above the county level, production may be resumed. Before the pig slaughtering activity is suspended in this slaughterhouse, if there are still pigs to be slaughtered, they should generally be culled; if they are not culled, they must be observed in isolation.
If the animal husbandry and veterinary department finds a positive result in a random test or finds that a slaughterhouse does not report a positive self-test in a monitoring activity, the slaughtering and processing activities of the slaughterhouse should be suspended immediately and all Pigs to be slaughtered and treated harmlessly. The slaughterhouse fully implemented relevant measures such as cleaning, disinfection, and harmless treatment 15 days later, collected environmental samples and pig products under the supervision of official veterinarians, and sent them to the inspection. If they pass the inspection of animal disease prevention and control agencies at or above the county level, production can resume.
The plan also mentioned that the pig subsidy for pigs should be implemented. If the pigs that are compulsorily killed and the wild-bred pigs that comply with the subsidy are eligible for subsidies, subsidies will be granted in accordance with the relevant regulations. The funding for culling subsidies shall be borne by the central and local governments in proportion. For the epidemic situation found in the transportation link, the epidemic situation disposal shall be borne by the place where the epidemic occurred, and the subsidy for the culling subsidy shall be borne by the place where the pigs are exported in accordance with regulations.