Ministry of Agriculture

Update on the epidemiological situation and the measures regarding African swine fever in

Meeting of the Standing Committee of Plants, Animals, Food and Feed Brussels, 13 May 2019 Ministry of Agriculture ASF cases in Hungary in wild boar Borsod

Nógrád Szabolcs

Hajdú

Heves

2 Ministry of Agriculture Overview of ASF cases in Hungary in wild boar County Frequency Percentage (in order of infection) (number) (%)

Heves 914 67.5 Szabolcs- Szatmár- Bereg 52 3.8 Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 233 17.2

Nógrád 153 11.3

Hajdú 3 0.2

TOTAL 1355 100

3 Ministry of Agriculture ASF cases in Heves and Nógrád counties

• The majority of the new cases in Heves was within the exceptionally controlled area

•No cases on the south side of highway M3 (artificial barrier)

•No further cases around Hangony (case in January 2019 next to the Slovakian border)

4 Ministry of Agriculture ASF cases in

Case ADNS 2019/490 was confirmed close to the border of Part II on the 1st of April. Since that more then 150 active surv. samples have been PCR tested with negative result. GMU Samples Wild boar density 652300 18 1.112 652400 7 2.449 652800 38 2.835 653403 14 1.78 700650 47 2.959 700750 32 2.058

5 Ministry of Agriculture ASF cases in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county

• Cases in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county (started 2018.10.02), spreading direction: north-east, along the river Bodrog

• To date 160 dead wild boar cases around Sárospatak - Sátoraljaújhely

6 Ministry of Agriculture ASF cases in Szabolcs-Szatmár-

• New cases of Szabolcs are only occurring near Borsod county (see previous slide);

• Temporary increased infected territory due to new cases in Hajdú- Bihar

• No changes at the border region with Ukraine

7 Ministry of Agriculture ASF cases in Hajdú-

• 3 wild boars were found dead (29.04.2019) in the area that was in the surveillance zone due to domestic pig outbreaks in Romania

• Infected area (dark lilac) and high risk zone (dark orange) has been temporary enlarged

• The wild boar density is 0 or 0-0.5 in the Part I and II areas of Hajdú- Bihar

8 Ministry of Agriculture Proposed changes for (2014/709/EU)

Proposed areas According to temporary measures of CVO

9 Ministry of Agriculture Proposed changes for (2014/709/EU)

New WB case 10.05.2019

10 Ministry of Agriculture Other issues under consideration

Establishing a fence is being considered around the new infected area in Hajdú-Bihar county • geographical conditions of this area • in the north (Heves, Nógrád) – it is not feasible

Elimination of small scale farms in the infected area – restocking only if strict biosecurity measures are met – with compensation

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Thank you for your attention!

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