Effects of African Swine Fever on Pig Industry in Southeast Asia and Its Enlightenment
The outbreak and continuous spread of African swine fever(ASF)since 2019 has caused serious losses to the Asian pig industry,the effective prevention and control of ASF is directly related to the stability of the pig industry.This paper evaluated the effects of ASF prevention and control measures,industrial support policies,and market regulations and proposes the recommendations for the optimizing the policies and measure of ASF control and pig industry stabilization in China by analyzing the situation of ASF in Southeast Asia,the causes of the outbreak,and the impact on the pig industry and market in Vietnam and the Philippines,the 2 biggest pig producers in the region.The results showed that the key factors contributing to the outbreak and ongoing spread of ASF in Vietnam and the Philippines were the challenge on the industry management for low scale,low biosecurity awareness,and transportation of large amounts of live pigs.Following the outbreak of ASF,the significant decreased in pork output,the sharp falled and rised of live pig prices,and the significant increased in pork imports as well as the significant transformation of pig industry chain were observed in both countries.By the reference of the prevention and control experiences of the two countries,China should increase the support on the small and medium-sized pig farms for the prevention and control of ASF to encourage their upgrading towards for modernization,accelerate the development of production scale level and organization level,improve the effect of epidemic prevention and control,strengthen the rural veterinary service system for the ability to prevent and control the major animal diseases,optimize the starting mechanism of governmental frozen pork storage to improve the effect of market intervention.
African swine feverpig industryVietnamthe Philippinesepidemic prevention and control
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NSTL
万方数据
维普
