Management and control program for suppression and eradication of classical swine fever in Serbia
2011
Nedić, D., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgrade (Serbia) | Tešić, M., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgrade (Serbia) | Baltić, M., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgrade (Serbia) | Plavšić, B., Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Belgrade (Serbia) | Tajdić, N., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgrade (Serbia) | Mirilović, M., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgrade (Serbia) | Rajković, M., Veterinary Specialist Institute Kraljevo, Kraljevo (Serbia)
Classical swine fever (CSF) has been present in Serbia for a long period of time as an endemic disease, and it occurs with lesser or greater intensity from year to year. In the period before 2006, there were certain regions in Serbia where CSF occurred almost every year, including regions where pig farming was not the primary branch of animal husbandry. Pig identification and implementation of vaccination, as well as the control of trade of pigs from infected areas to other parts of the country were not very successful. Due to the serious losses inflicted by the disease, a new Programme of CSF control was adopted in 2006, which inter alia included the obligatory identification of pigs, registration of pig holdings and free of charge vaccination of all susceptible animals in the country, as well as the implementation of other statutory measures, including obligatory evidence of veterinary activities in the national Veterinary information system. The results obtained in the period after the implementation of the Programme of CSF control (2007, 2008 and 2009) indicate a positive impact on the reduction of outbreaks of CSF, as well as on the reduction of prevalence (p is less than 0.001). Also, the effectiveness of vaccination of pigs in 2007 compared to the period before and after the implementation of the Programme was the highest (97.78%), as well as the costs of its implementation.
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