African swine fever in Germany: state wants to erect permanent border fence

African swine fever has also arrived in Germany.

Now two countries are reacting and stopping meat imports from the Federal Republic.

The farmers react with concern.

• African swine fever

  has been detected

  in a wild boar carcass

  in

  Brandenburg

  .

• The

  epidemic

  has been around for a long time in Poland, now

  Germany

  is also

  affected.

• The disease is

  fatal

  for animals

  - the first countries stop importing German meat.

• The

  farmers

  react to this

  with great concern

  (see update from September 13th)

  .

Update from September 22nd, 4:06 p.m.:

After increasing demands, Brandenburg has announced the

because of the

in the southeast on the

.

"We'll build it now," said Consumer Protection

on Tuesday in Potsdam.

First of all, it is about a solid fence in the Spree-Neisse district.

Your department provides funds to support the district.

In addition, state funds are also planned to "build solid fences further north".

Previous negotiations with Poland about a permanent fence had failed.

On the border from the south to

there is currently a mobile electric fence with a length of

.

The minister also announced the establishment of a new technical operations management team to improve

with the fire brigade, technical relief agency, police, veterinarians and associations.

The

had criticized the crisis management.

A team of veterinarians

sent by

the

has been in Brandenburg

since Tuesday

and has the protective measures explained, said Nonnemacher.

The

State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture,

, was also a guest

in the

in Potsdam

.

According to the minister, the animal disease has so far

been detected

in

in the

in the Spree-Neisse district and

in the

area

.

Domestic pigs have not yet been affected.

The animal disease is harmless to humans and almost always fatal to pigs.

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The African swine fever killed several wild boars in Germany.

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African swine fever in Germany: A federal state is now using specially trained dogs

Update from September 20, 1:47 p.m

.: To contain the

, the search for

in 

intensified.

From Monday, the procedure in the core zone of a

in the Oder-Spree district will be supported with

, district spokesman Mario Behnke announced on Sunday.

Four dogs from Rhineland-Palatinate should help out there.

The search with dogs is also to be intensified in the Spree-Neisse district.

On Saturday search parties were on the move near Neuzelle in the Oder-Spree district, supported by 20 emergency services from the

.

Five

were found, which are now being examined, said the district spokesman.

About 60 people worked on the construction of an electric fence around the extended core area of ​​the sites.

So far, the virus

has been detected

in

, first in Schenkendöbern in the Spree-Neisse district, then in the Neuzelle area.

It is safe for humans.

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The African swine fever has reached Germany (symbol picture).

© Sina Schuldt / dpa

African swine fever confirmed in Germany - largest importer outside the EU stops imports

Update from September 14th, 12:53 p.m

.: Like China and South Korea,

temporarily

banned

the import of pork from Germany because of the

.

The import was already suspended on Friday, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture in Tokyo on Monday.

Japan only imports comparatively small amounts of pork from Germany.

The

on the other hand, is the

for German pork outside the EU.

According to the Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden, exports there reached a peak in November 2019: In that month, 53,000 tonnes of pork from Germany worth

exported to China.

African swine fever confirmed in Germany - largest importer outside the EU stops imports

Update from September 13, 2:59 p.m

.: Since Saturday,

has

also

stopped

importing

after

.

,

and all products made from them are no longer allowed to be imported.

If this happens anyway, the goods must be

.

Although the move was expected, it is still a severe blow for farmers.

"

We are

for China,

" said the President of the German Farmers' Association, Joachim Rukwied, on Saturday.

Germany

is the largest producer of

in Europe, a considerable part of the

have so far been to the People's Republic.

"China is our

for pork outside the EU - this is particularly true for parts that are hardly consumed here," explained Rukwied.

Germany must now “

” 

 to fight

and prevent it from spreading.

The association now hopes that the

to an agreement with China on

so that exports from areas without swine fever will be possible at least in the medium term.

Bavarian farmers are called upon to participate in the early warning system because of swine fever

Meanwhile, the Bavarian Environment Minister

(Free Voters) called on farmers in the Free State to participate in a

(ASF).

"The measure can help secure livelihoods," said Glauber on Sunday.

in Germany and the

must be prevented.

After the fall of African swine fever: second Asian country stops importing German meat

Update from September 12, 5:33 p.m

.: After South Korea, a second Asian country is now stopping the import of German pork: the import ban for China will apply from Saturday.

That should hit the German market more sensitively than the stop from South Korea, because China is the largest importer of German pork outside the EU, around 17 percent of exports go there.

The

Ministry of

wants to lobby the government in Beijing for trade opportunities.

African swine fever in Germany confirmed: South Korea stops imports

Update from September 10, 4:23 p.m

.: After the detection of

in Germany

message of

,

stopped

the

of pork from the Federal Republic

.

The South Korean Ministry of Agriculture said the ban applies to products that would be delivered from Thursday.

Pork that has already arrived from Germany is being

examined thoroughly

by

.

According to the information, German products accounted for more than

or 

of

last year.

In South Korea itself, the authorities reported the outbreak of African swine fever last year.

As a result, they started

thousands of animals

.

The disease had occurred near the border with North Korea.

The virus infection is harmless to humans, but usually fatal to pigs.

A

against it is not possible.

African swine fever: what does it mean for farmers?

Update from September 10, 2:23 p.m

.: Albert Stegemann,

for the CDU / CSU *,

addressed the followers

in a clip on Twitter on the subject of

and declared that the epidemic would be harmless to humans even then if he or she accidentally

- and warns: "We must now ensure that the market prices for the farmers do not come under too much pressure."

The African #swine plague has reached Germany.

What does this mean for farmers and consumers?

More about this in the video from @StegemannAlbert 👇 pic.twitter.com/j9Pue8izLj

- CDU / CSU (@cducsubt) September 10, 2020

Klöckner wants to prevent scare tactics from swine fever

Update from September 10, 11:57 a.m

.: Federal

warned

against

with a view to possible economic consequences

after the first evidence of

in Germany

.

"A wild boar has been found in a district," she said on Thursday in Berlin.

African swine fever has been detected in a wild boar in a district of Brandenburg.

What is the #ASP?

👉🏻 # Explanatory film pic.twitter.com/uvoJ1yD1gd

- Julia Klöckner (@JuliaKloeckner) September 10, 2020

Now it is necessary to determine whether there is a spread in the area beyond the carcass discovered in Brandenburg.

Then it should also be determined which pig farms there are there.

The aim is

and

what is happening

.

Certainly pig farmers are now likely to be even more

elsewhere

.

But they would not be "arrested" for a find in a district in all of Germany.

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Julia Klöckner (CDU) warns of “scare tactics” in view of the African swine fever in Germany.

© Kay Nietfeld / dpa

Trade in pigs and pork should be maintained despite swine fever

Klöckner emphasized that the

pigs and pork within the EU could largely be maintained - the

would not affect companies throughout Germany, but only in the area specifically affected.

According to the ministry, however, it can be assumed that

from Germany, especially to

largely disappear.

The ministry is in contact with several non-EU countries in order to also only agree on regional restrictions, it said.

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The African swine fever (symbol picture) has reached Germany.

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Klöckner: Precautions for swine fever should prevent it from spreading

Update from September 10, 11:25 a.m

.:

According to

a

is to

prevent

the spread of

after an infected dead wild boar has been found.

This included the

of passenger and vehicle traffic within the affected area and barriers, said Klöckner on Thursday in Berlin.

It is also about the use of

, the search for dead animals and the possibility of increased

by forest officials or professional hunters.

The animal disease was detected in a carcass in Brandenburg in the Spree-Neisse district.

The aim is to prevent further spreading as quickly as possible.

"It will be important to identify the infected area as quickly as possible in order to be able to delimit it accordingly," said Thomas Mettenleiter, head of the

.

It must be analyzed whether the wild boar carcass is an

or whether the infection has already spread.

The dead animal had obviously been lying there for some time.

He is very careful whether the case goes back to the spread in western Poland last year.

The #African swine fever has been detected in a #wild boar in Brandenburg.

There is no danger to humans!

Pork & pork

Pork sausages can still be consumed without hesitation.

Info in the #ASP film u.

in our FAQs ⇨ https://t.co/VGaQzZ30eo pic.twitter.com/SjNcaP2bru

- BMEL 🇪🇺 # EU2020DE (@bmel) September 10, 2020

First case of African swine fever in Germany

Update from September 10th, 10:28 am

: The animal disease African swine fever has arrived in Germany.

There is a first case, said Agriculture Minister

on Thursday in Berlin.

A suspected case of a

in Brandenburg

report) reported on Wednesday evening

was confirmed.

The carcass was found a few kilometers from the

in the Spree-Neisse district.

A sample of the carcass was brought to the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut on Wednesday evening and

examined

there

.

Swine fever is harmless to humans, as Klöckner emphasized.

For domestic pigs and wild boars, however, the epidemic is

.

Farmers fear great

if it spreads

.

Several cases of African swine fever had become known in western Poland since autumn 2019.

In addition, the animal disease has already been detected in the Baltic States, Bulgaria, Romania and Belgium.

Now live: BMin @JuliaKloeckner informs about the current situation regarding the suspected #African swine plague in Germany.

#Animal disease #ASP https://t.co/xjRUs9A0nF

- BMEL 🇪🇺 # EU2020DE (@bmel) September 10, 2020

African swine fever: first official suspected case in Germany

Original report from September 9th

: Berlin - In

there is an official suspected case of

.

The Berlin-Brandenburg state laboratory had suspected a

found a few kilometers from the German-Polish border in the

, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture announced on Wednesday.

A solid protective fence was actually

planned

in

on the border with

, but has not yet been built.

A mobile fence is already there.

A sample of the dead animal is now being

examined virologically

at the

.

(CDU) will inform about the result on Thursday.

In Brandenburg there is a suspected case of African swine fever, found in wild boar carcasses, a few km from the DEU-POL border.

Probe is on the way to the Friedrich Loeffler Institute.

BMin @JuliaKloeckner will inform you about the results of the investigation tomorrow.

- BMEL 🇪🇺 # EU2020DE (@bmel) September 9, 2020

The spokesman for the

, Gabriel Hesse, told the

: “Today we have found an official suspected case of African swine fever.” Only when the national reference laboratory confirms the suspicion can an outbreak be spoken of.

The state crisis center and the municipal crisis centers are activated.

First protection measures are being prepared.

The

is the 

 very similar (KSP) in symptoms and history, however, is primarily located in Africa.

In recent years there have been repeated cases in Europe.

The disease has never occurred in Germany.

That could have changed now.

The viruses are harmless to humans, but are usually fatal to wild and domestic pigs.

(as / dpa)

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