The first outbreak African swine fever for 37 years is facing the Haiti warns the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), raising concerns about the spread of the disease in America.
Business in Anse-a-Pitre, near Haiti ‘s border with the Dominican Republic, revealed an outbreak of the disease in Haiti on August 26, the OIE said in a report released Monday.
The outbreak is “unfortunate”, but not surprising given the recent outbreaks in the Dominican Republic, the Ministry of Agriculture announced yesterday. USA, according to Reuters. It is noted that the United States authorities are consulting with officials of the competent veterinary services of both countries.
The cases in Hispaniola, in Dominican Republic, raised concerns that African swine fever could spread to the US, where the disease has never existed, and temporarily paralyze US pork exports, the international agency said.
After all, governments often exclude them imports pigs from countries where the disease has been detected in order to prevent its transmission.
The US is already banning pork imports from Haiti and the Dominican Republic because of a another disease of pigs there, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
At the same time, the US Customs and Border Protection has increased them inspections for the illegal importation of pork on flights from Spain and to ensure that garbage is properly disposed of from planes, again according to the ministry, which announced in July that the Dominican Republic had recorded the first cases of African swine fever here almost 40 years.
Last week, the US Department of Agriculture confirmed the outbreak of the disease in Haiti after analyzing samples taken at a laboratory in New York, according to the OIE, which added that Haiti is conducting tests for the disease and has imposed quarantine to control the outbreak.
What is African swine fever?
It is recalled that African swine fever (African Swine Fever) is harmless for people, but often fatal for pigs. The virus started in Africa and then spread to Europe and Asia and has killed hundreds of millions of pigs.
The disease spread rapidly in China three years ago and within a year it killed half population of pigs bred in the country.
In Haiti, the outbreak of African swine fever is the latest in a string of problems for the country’s residents and government, following a strong earthquake and murder of chairman of.
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