News African swine fever
Luxembourg builds fence to prevent ASF
Luxembourg wants to build a fence on the border with Belgium. This is how the country wants to prevent an outbreak of African swine fever; the animal disease has been prevalent in neighboring Belgium for months. The fence should eventually be 8 kilometers long.
When African swine fever breaks out in a country, that country is often subject to several trade restrictions. This has significant consequences for the export from a country. Luxembourg therefore wants to prevent animal disease from entering the country at all costs.
In Belgium, 694 wild boars have already been infected with African swine fever, according to new figures from the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC† On the other hand, the rate of spreads is slowing down. Although no pig farms have been affected yet, pork exports have fallen sharply.
Control plan
Belgium works with a system in which there are 3 different zones (with regard to hunting wild boars). Hunting is prohibited in the core zone and the buffer zone. Outside, in the so-called reinforced observation zone, hunting is allowed under certain conditions.
In this way, the country wants to ensure that the animal disease does not escape from the core zone and buffer zone, which could affect other parts of the country. Then the virus wipes itself out, as the remaining wild boars die as a result of the virus. An infected wild boar was recently found outside the buffer zone, after which the country expanded the zone.
Tim Roetman
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