Pig fever affecting livestock in Vorpommern-Greifswald region

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African Swine Fever (ASF) has made its appearance on a pig farm in Pasewalk, Bezirk Vorpommern-Greifswald. As stated by Holger Vogel, the district vet and chief of the veterinary office, an estimate of 3,500 pigs have been identified to be affected, and they're going to be put down. The state's national reference lab, the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI), did confirmation of the disease on Thursday.

In his words, Vogel reckons this outbreak didn't start with the roamed wild boar population. "This is the first experience with African Swine Fever in a domestic pig group in our district," he clarified. The contested property has been unitized by the designated vet official, and actions bound by petting and discarding the animals have been done to hinder the transmission of the virus.

Beforehand, the Landwirtschaftsamt had specimens assessed on Wednesday - uncovering the suspected ASF. In response, the vet and food safety control authority solidified the property and initiated illicit disease measures. To determine if the illness has assaulted neighbouring farms, a containment area with a scope of 3km and a watch zone with a distance of 10km were set up. Based on given data, there are 67 farms with around 7,000 hogs in that region, including the afflicted one.

African Swine Fever is a contagious viral sickness that strikes both tamed and wild pigs, almost always ending fatally, and has no curing method. Since there's no scheme to secure pigs via preventive vaccination, you're stuck with a brilliant prospect for your piggly wigs. The disease can be distributed either directly from pig to pig or indirectly through polluted objects such as clothing, shoes, or even feed, which can be carried by humans to different places. On the brighter side, humans and other animal species aren't susceptible to ASF.

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1. Holger Vogel, the district vet from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Vorpommern-Greifswald region, mentioned that the African Swine Fever outbreak on a pig fattening farm in Pasewalk affected approximately 3,500 pigs, which were then euthanized.
2. In an effort to contain the African Swine Fever outbreak, the veterinary office and food safety control authority in Greifswald sealed off the affected pig fattening farm and implemented disease control measures.
3. According to Vogel, this is the first time African Swine Fever has been detected in a domestic pig group within the district, and the veterinary officer has taken necessary actions to prevent the spread of the virus.
4. The Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, the state's national reference lab in Schwerin, confirmed the presence of African Swine Fever on Thursday.
5. Understanding the severity of the African Swine Fever situation, the Landwirtschaftsamt conducted tests on the affected pigs' samples on Wednesday, leading to the suspected diagnosis.
6. African Swine Fever is a highly contagious viral disease that affects both wild and domestic pigs, although it does not affect humans or other animal species.
7. In order to assess if the illness had spread to neighboring farms, a 3km containment area and a 10km watch zone were established around the affected pig farm in Western Pomerania-Greifswald, where there are over 67 farms with roughly 7,000 pigs.

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