Marat Zyabbarov chaired a meeting to prevent the spread of ASF in the territory of Tatarstan
Today in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, a meeting of the republican headquarters on preventing the spread of African swine fever in the territory of the republic was held in the videoconference mode. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Zyabbarov.
The event was attended by representatives of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Rosselkhoznadzor Directorate for the Republic of Tatarstan, the Main Directorate of Veterinary Medicine, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Tatarstan, the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Republic of Tatarstan, the State Committee for Bioresources of the RT, as well as representatives of the Rosprirodnadzor Department for the Republic of Tatarstan and Ministry of Forestry of the RT. All municipal districts of the republic joined the event.
- Today we need to use all the resources to prevent further spread of infection at the territory of our republic. Of particular concern is the registration of outbreaks in the Yelabuga district and the Samara region, - said the head of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tatarstan.
Almaz Khisamutdinov, the head of the Main Veterinary Directorate, reported that on December 19 this year, the state inspector of environmental protection, while walking around the territory of the Nizhnyaya Kama National Park of the Yelabuga region near the village of Tanaika, found twelve bodies of wild boars. To exclude African swine fever, samples were taken from three wild boars and sent for research to the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Tatar Interregional Veterinary Laboratory". A positive result of African swine fever was received on 20 December 2020. On December 21, 2020, confirmation of the diagnosis of ASF was received from the Federal Center for Animal Health in the city of Vladimir.
In the course of additional examinations of the epizootic focus zone, another 10 bodies of wild boars were revealed. All dead animals were burned at the place of their discovery, and disinfection was carried out.
On all adjacent roads within a 5 km zone from the epizootic focus, posts were set up to restrict the access of vehicles and people to the first threatened zone.
As of December 23, 8 pigs, 2 carcasses of pork were alienated from personal subsidiary plots. The seized livestock and products were burned. All vehicles operating in the epizootic focus are subject to disinfection.
“Today our task is to prevent the spread of infection across the territory of the republic by joint efforts. Those who have not done this yet need to urgently hold a meeting of the commissions for emergency situations with the invitation of the heads of rural settlements, heads of pig breeding enterprises. Citizens need to get as much information as possible about the threat. Citizens, owners of household plots who keep pigs, managers and maintenance personnel of pig breeding enterprises should be extremely careful. Pig breeding enterprises should ensure work in a closed regime, in compliance with all veterinary and sanitary rules for keeping animals, ”said Almaz Khisamutdinov.
Marat Zyabbarov stressed the need to strengthen the ongoing preventive measures in the republic.
Marat Zyabbarov announced preventive measures that must be strictly observed:
- To begin measures to reduce the number of wild boars in 1 endangered zone to 0.25 individuals per 1000 hectares.
- Conduct meetings of commissions for emergency situations in municipal areas.
- Pig breeding enterprises to ensure work behind closed doors in compliance with all veterinary and sanitary rules for keeping animals.
- The heads of rural settlements warn the population about the threat of the spread of the virus.
- Citizens who keep pigs in private household plots should avoid visiting forests as much as possible, exclude feeding food waste that has not been heat-treated.
- In case of death of domestic pigs and detection of carcasses of wild boars, immediately inform the veterinary service.