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    The smuggled African swine fever meat has flowed into the Taiwan market. Will it infect people?

    • Last Update: 2021-11-11
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Everyone is familiar with African swine fever.
    In 1921, Kenya first reported an outbreak of African swine fever, which was transmitted from African wild boar to domestic pigs
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    It then swept Europe, South America and the Russian Far East
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    African swine fever is everywhere, it can be said that pig spirits are charcoal, pigs are not live, pigs are unfavorable.
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    Our country was not spared either.
    On August 6, 2018, African swine fever landed in our country for the first time and quickly spread to many provinces
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    It can be said that pork prices soared in 2019 and 2020, and African swine fever is to blame!
     
    African swine fever is an animal infectious disease caused by the African swine fever virus.
    Pigs of all breeds and ages can be infected.
    Once the disease occurs, the mortality rate is as high as 90%-100%
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    As long as there is contact between healthy pigs and pigs with the virus, such as infected with the excrement of sick pigs, or bitten by ticks with the virus, they may be infected with African swine fever
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    Even pigs can get sick if they eat pork products that contain live viruses
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    Fortunately, the African swine fever virus does not infect people, not to mention that foods such as pork rolls, moon cakes, and hot dogs need to be heated thoroughly before eating.
    Even if they are eaten, they will not affect human health
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    But people are not afraid of pigs.
    If the processing waste of these problematic foods and foods that have not been heated thoroughly are fed to pigs as swill.
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    then there will definitely be a bloody storm in the local pigsty
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    Because the African swine fever virus is very tenacious, it can survive for several weeks at room temperature and even for several years under low temperature conditions.
    It is not sensitive to changes in pH, and there is no vaccine yet
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    In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, all we can do is to completely culminate.
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    Come on Taiwan, pigs hold on~
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