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Intermediate balance sheet to the African swine plague in the Groß-Gerau district
Seven months of African swine plague (ASP) in the Groß-Gerau district: This was the occasion for the district administration to provide the public with a concentrated load on the state of affairs in terms of Asp.
In the press conference scheduled for this purpose, the first district deputy Adil Oyan, Dr. Katrin Stein from the veterinary office, legal office manager Sven Dude and the head of the danger defense Friedrich Schmidt intermediate balance. Klaus Velbeecker from Hessenforst, Markus Stifter from the Hessian Hunting Association and Wolfgang Dörr from the Starkenburg regional farmers informed about this.
As a balance sheet since the outbreak of the animal disease ASP, which alone makes pigs sick, counts that in the Groß-Gerau district, 289 wild boar cadavers have been registered as ASP-positive since last June. 3581 domestic pigs and 43 wild boars in the enclosure had to be killed in a total of eight companies in July and August 1st because the stocks were affected by the African swine plague. 22 pigs are currently kept as a hobby in the district and 674 as farm animals, 29 wild boars live in enclosures.
It is still unclear why several pigs from ASP were affected so quickly last summer, even though they adhered to the bios safety measures. The Friedrich Loeffler Institute is still busy analyzing rehearsals, said Adil Oyan. It is also about the question of whether mosquitoes of the virus can be.
There was praise for crisis management from everyone and for all sides. "The administration reacted very well and quickly when the first case of ASP became known to us," said the first district deputy. Cooperation with the state was and is harmonious. Communication with agriculture, hunters and forest was quickly placed on stable feet by regularly discussing the administrative staff. Klaus Velmecker spoke of "excellent cooperation and coordination among themselves" -both in terms of the fence construction coordinated by the country as well as the carcass attempts and recovery.
"We have known for a long time that the Rhein-Main area is high-risk area for ASP," said Markus Stifter. That is why the hunters were not in shock rigid when the plague broke out. The understanding of the necessary measures to contain the African swine plague was largely present. Also the willingness to help: drones that were actually purchased for the Kitz search were now used to be able to report cred only to be wild boar -free.
"We need staying power," said the spokesman for the Hessian hunting association. The hunting ban in the ASP core area can only be loosened when all planned fences are, so that the highly contagious and very stable virus cannot continue on the hunting. The population could also help with this goal. Stifter appealed to everyone to adhere to the rules: e.g. dogs in the forest and do not simply throw in the landscape in the forest, but dispose of them in closed containers.
Wolfgang Dörr once again described the strong - psychological and financial - burden on the farmers affected by ASP, especially both of the pig farmers and the agriculture. He thanked everyone who helps to "keep up". In the beginning there were no routine processes, but that was improved very quickly. Like the hunters, the farmers would have to live with the consequences of ASP for a long time. "If we continue to want regional agriculture, then politics has to help," he emphasized.
"After seven months we no longer run after the plague, but can work proactively," emphasized Dr. Katrin Stein. Even if the topic is no longer so present in public, there is a lot to do in the background: the circle takes the responsibility for fence construction on March 1st, and it will then also be for the organization of the carcass attempts and the training of the Cada test dogs. The procedure for searching for drones should be simplified. Wild damage compensation has been advanced. In addition, the application for EU co-financing the ASP costs is currently underway.
In the gross preparation, which is expected to be coping with the epidemic and its consequences, helped the district of Groß-Gerau, emphasized Dr. Stone and Friedrich Schmidt. "We had already set up the animal disease with the veterinary office - and also did several exercises." That helped a lot when the ASP actually arrived in a circle. Schmidt also praised the collaboration with the country, which was on hand when procuring materials.
The security of danger-supported by volunteers-provided the first Kadaver-Sammelplatz with a decon lock, each setting up the locks for decontamination during the champions. Now it is in the process of setting up a weather-independent central point in the circle that offers storage space, office, dog shower and decon lock for cars.
The legal basis for many measures creates the general orders (AV), which the circle issues. Here, too, the country helped with sample AV, which were adapted to the circle in consultation. "We know that everything is always associated with regulations and restrictions," said Sven Dude. Therefore, a lot is being worked on with exceptional regulations - be it hunting, agriculture or regulations for leisure behavior. If the rules were initially very general, it is now very much differentiated so as not to make life unnecessarily difficult: "We make the balancing act between the goal, contain the swine plague and the desire to specify as low as possible."
(Gross-Gerau district-PSGG)
They informed at the press conference on the subject of African swine fever (from left): Sven Dude, Friedrich Schmidt, Dr. Katrin Stein, Adil Oyan, Klaus Velbecker, Markus Stifter and Wolfgang Dörr. Photo: district administration
