A devastating outbreak of African swine fever that has killed millions of pigs i...
BEIJING - A devastating outbreak of African swine fever that has killed millions of pigs in China is changing attitudes in a country where farm hygiene has often been seen as lax by international standards.
Farm owner Ma, whose 4,000 herd pig farm was visited by Reuters last year, says she is disinfecting inside and outside pig barns every other day, instead of once or twice a week. The change in mindset comes as the disease - which is not harmful to people but kills almost all pigs it infects - has reached every province of the country. There is no cure and, importantly in changing long-term habits, no vaccine.
African swine fever, which spreads through blood, faeces, and other fluids, can last for months on farm surfaces or equipment that has not been properly cleaned. Use of cleaning products like detergents and water sanitizers is growing too, said Niu. Farms need to be thoroughly cleaned before disinfecting.“Just moving through different spots in feed mills now you have to disinfect, change clothes, fill in forms,” said Jonathan Wilson, China manager at Alltech Inc, a supplier of additives to feed makers.
Mellberg Cleantecs has also set up a joint venture to sell disinfectants and cleaners produced by Germany’s Envisal, while U.S. company Decon Seven Systems, is registering its hydrogen peroxide-based D7 product for the Chinese market.The government provides disinfectants to many small farms for free, but the improved practices are raising costs at a time when many farmers are already struggling with losses caused by the disease.
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