China News Service, February 28th. According to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, on February 28, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs held a national video conference on the prevention and control of major animal diseases in 2020. Work is mobilized and redeployed. The meeting called for the promotion of refined regional management of African swine fever, strict implementation of the epidemic reporting system, effective control of African swine fever epidemic, and full efforts to promote the prevention and control of other animal diseases such as highly pathogenic bird flu.
Data sheet: Live pig farm. Photo by Lin Hao, China News Agency
The meeting pointed out that since 2019, the intensity of the swine fever epidemic across the country has been significantly reduced, and all epidemic areas have been lifted. The other major animal epidemics, such as highly pathogenic avian influenza and foot-and-mouth disease, are generally stable, but the situation of prevention and control of major animal epidemics in China remains Complex and severe, the work of prevention and control has a long way to go.
The meeting emphasized that all localities must strengthen the prevention and control responsibilities of all parties, grasp the implementation of current effective measures, promote the refined regional management of African swine fever, strictly implement the epidemic reporting system, strengthen epidemic prevention technical guidance and improve the animal epidemic prevention system. Do a good job of preventing and controlling the African swine fever epidemic. At the same time, we must strengthen basic immunization, monitoring and early warning, emergency preparedness and quarantine supervision, and make every effort to prevent and control other animal diseases such as highly pathogenic bird flu.
The meeting also made targeted deployments to accelerate the restoration of pig production and promote the poultry industry to resume normal production as soon as possible.