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Thailand bans pig imports from Laos after African swine fever outbreak

 

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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will ban pig imports from Laos for 90 days after its neighbour confirmed the first outbreak of deadly African swine fever, an official notice said.

 

The ban would cover live pigs and carcasses in an effort to prevent the disease from spreading into Thailand, said a notice on the Thai Department of Development of Livestock on Friday.

 

The move follows a similar ban on Friday by China.

 

Laos on Thursday confirmed its first outbreaks of deadly African swine fever - which is fatal to pigs but does not harm humans - in its southern province of Saravane, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health said on Thursday.

 

Lao authorities reported seven outbreaks of ASF in villages in Saravane, which led to the deaths of 973 animals, the OIE said on its website, citing information from Laos’ Agriculture Ministry.

 

Millions of pigs have been slaughtered in China, Hong Kong and Vietnam to try to stop the spread of the disease.

 

(Writing by Kay Johnson; Editing by Alison Williams)

 

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Good joke, but the consequences of ASF being transmitted to Thailand would not be a laughing matter.  Financial ruin for many of the smaller producers and catastrophic price rises that are bound to affect tens of thousands of restaurants and roadside vendors and would inflate the price of basic dishes which we know will never come down again.  An irreversible cost of living increase.+

 

3 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

The Thai authorities need to check Chinese visitors for bringing pork items with them into Thailand

Absolutely.  If they've got any sense someone should be authorising a big and unmissable publicity campaign aimed at tourists, and in particular the Chinese who are well known for bringing in their own food.  In addition to a serious fine, refusal of entry should be mandatory for people ignoring the rules.

 

https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/06/19/swine-fever-is-spreading-from-china-to-south-east-asia

https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/millions-pigs-culled-swine-fever-spreads-asia-190621083556329.html

 

BBC Science in Action podcast (ASF segment starts at 55 seconds).  This is from Jan 2018 and has some good background.  At that time it was spreading in eastern europe and not yet an epidemic in China.  Shows how fast it's spreading.

 

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2 hours ago, howbri said:

A wiser move would be to ban pork altogether. It's one of the most unhealthy foods on the planet. Pork has worms hidden in it. I'm plant-based and will never miss it.

 That's a tricky nosis, if well cooked, pork is perfectly safe just like other meats and fish.

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Extremely hard to keep that disease out of Thailand. Hope the government is making plans to help the pig farmers when the disease does arrive. Feral pigs can bring it across the borders, doesn't  have to be brought in by people, after all those worms got to Thailand corn fields somehow.

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Extremely hard to keep that disease out of Thailand. Hope the government is making plans to help the pig farmers when the disease does arrive. Feral pigs can bring it across the borders, doesn't  have to be brought in by people, after all those worms got to Thailand corn fields somehow.


Governments have done nothing so far to prevent the disease from spreading - just talk and talk and fancy meetings in Bangkok!

A Thai friend of mine and his family have invested the little they have into a pig farm for the last 3 years - they are scared to death that they will loose everything! So far not a word from any of these useless idiots in Bangkok!
No preventive measures - no information for the farmers - nothing! In fact it was me who warned them about the disease for months now since it first started spreading.


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14 hours ago, Ozman52 said:

If referring to ASF in China, make sure not to use the term "Chinese pigs". Somehow in translation and cultural differences it emerges as being very offensive.

OK, not Chinese tourists, just livestock.  Got it.

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Only if they bring in live pigs! (It's a virus affecting live pigs not the slaughtered meat.)

The Thai authorities need to check Chinese visitors for bringing pork items with them into Thailand
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Actually pork is good source of protein. And in most countries the pig worm (disease) found on the farms has been eradicated. Besides, cooking pork properly kills any organisms in the meat including bacteria, same as for salmonella in chicken and ecoli in beef. Get the facts before stating misinformation.

A wiser move would be to ban pork altogether. It's one of the most unhealthy foods on the planet. Pork has worms hidden in it. I'm plant-based and will never miss it.
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7 minutes ago, jerojero said:

Only if they bring in live pigs! (It's a virus affecting live pigs not the slaughtered meat.)

With respect please see below information taken from ASF website.

 

Prevention and control

Currently there is no approved vaccine for ASF.

Prevention in countries free of the disease depends on implementation of appropriate import policies and biosecurity measures, ensuring that neither infected live pigs nor pork products are introduced into areas free of ASF. This includes ensuring proper disposal of waste food from aircraft, ships or vehicles coming from affected countries and policing illegal imports of live pigs and pork products from affected countries.

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On 6/23/2019 at 2:36 PM, Ozman52 said:

If referring to ASF in China, make sure not to use the term "Chinese pigs". Somehow in translation and cultural differences it emerges as being very offensive.

I know. On behalf of all Chinese swine and boar I am hereby utterly offended and shall offer all of my sizable snowflakiness for display. Ban bacon, too.

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