American pigs temporarily restrict access to the Russian market

Rosselhoznadzor from May 30 to temporarily restrict the supply of live pigs American and blood products, not heat treated and used for fodder production.

Decision of the Russian supervisory authority associated with concern the deteriorating situation on the pig epidemic diarrhea ( EMF ) . As explained in the press service , the deputy head of Rosselkhoznadzor Nikolai Vlasov wrote a letter to the relevant zamadministratora Health Inspection Service , USDA Plant and John Clifford .

In it, in particular, said that the Russian side is monitoring the epizootic situation in the world in EMF : covers new disease in the U.S. , Mexico, Canada, Japan and several African countries. Because of this Rosselhoznadzor considered possible economic embargo .

Office asked the USDA to provide the results of their research on this question , which would have explained the measures to eliminate and prevent the spread of highly virulent infection.

In mid-March Rosselhoznadzor already reported outbreak in the United States , which is accompanied by one hundred percent mortality in pigs less than two weeks. Then the head of Veterinary Surveillance Sergei Dankvert warned about the possibility of prohibiting the import of pigs from Canada and the United States .

Antiviral vaccine for effective treatment of the virus does not exist yet , but it is not dangerous to humans .

Source: km.ru