According to reports, the German Minister of Food and Agriculture Yulia Klerkner announced on September 10 that the German Federal Institute of Animal Health found the African swine fever virus in wild boar carcasses in Germany that day. The first confirmed case of African swine fever.

The report of the African swine fever epidemic once again sounded the alarm for domestic pig farmers. This year, in addition to Germany and Poland, cases of African swine fever have also appeared in Belgium, Hungary, and Romania in Europe, and African swine fever has become a global trend.

Q: Imported pork is tight, what is the trend of domestic pig price?

A: Before the outbreak, the chairman of the Bavarian Farmers Association in Germany, Heidel, once stated that according to the bilateral trade agreement, once a case of African swine fever is detected, Germany will not be able to supply pork to the signatory countries. It is understood that Germany is the world's major pork exporter. In 2018, it was a pork supplier to China, but now, if the condition of German pigs does not improve, the country's pork exports to China may be restricted.

According to official data, the domestic pig inventory has increased year-on-year and month-on-month since July, and has recovered to more than 70% of the pre-epidemic level. However, judging from the actual production situation, the reproductive performance of the sows that are revolved after fattening is not good, the farrowing rate and the survival rate of piglets are not very satisfactory, and the culling rate of sows will increase in the next 1-2 years. Therefore, it will take a long time for the sow production capacity to be restored to before the epidemic.

Q: How to adjust the management strategy of the pig farm because the pig raising environment is bad?

A: During the high market period, the enthusiasm for slaughter expansion and re-production was strong, but the health management of the pig herd was neglected. As the basic "workforce" of pig farms, sows have not received the attention they deserve, and basic immunity, feeding nutrition, and basic welfare are not guaranteed. This has led to frequent outbreaks of pigs such as diarrhea, blue ears and classic swine fever this year.

The increase in primiparous pigs has caused the "pressure mountain" of diarrhea in pig farms, especially the prevention and control of piglet viral diarrhea, which can be said to be "immediate" at the moment. Vaccine immunization is the key to effective prevention and control of viral diarrhea, but why everyone always thinks that vaccines cannot be prevented is because the strains and programs are incorrectly selected.

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