China News Service, March 27. According to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs received a report from the Sichuan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on March 27. After passing the assessment and acceptance, the African swine fever epidemic area in Xiaojin County, Aba Prefecture was lifted.
After the outbreak of African swine fever in Xiaojin County, Aba Prefecture, the local area adopted measures such as blockade, culling, disinfection, and harmless treatment in accordance with the African swine fever emergency plan and technical specifications for prevention and treatment of African swine fever.
Live pigs should be culled in the epidemic point. After the culling is completed, after 21 days of continuous monitoring and investigation, no new cases and positive surveillance were found in the epidemic point, the epidemic area, and the threatened area.
The Sichuan African Swine Fever Prevention, Control and Restoration Pig Production Headquarters organized provincial and prefectural experts to conduct on-site assessment and acceptance of the affected areas in Xiaojin County. The results of the acceptance were in line with the relevant regulations on lifting the blockade of the affected areas, and the local government officially lifted the blockade of the affected areas.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs requires the local animal husbandry and veterinary departments to continue to strengthen the surveillance and investigation of the epidemic, and take active prevention and control measures to prevent the recurrence of the African swine fever epidemic.
Screenshot of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs website