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African swine fever and outdoor farming of pigs

Author(s)
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW)  
Nielsen, Søren Saxmose  
Álvarez, Julio  
Bicout, Dominique  
More, Simon John  
et al.  
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/12307
Date Issued
2021-06
Date Available
2021-06-30T16:01:44Z
Abstract
This opinion describes outdoor farming of pigs in the EU, assesses the risk of African swine fewer (ASF) introduction and spread associated with outdoor pig farms and proposes biosecurity and control measures for outdoor pig farms in ASF-affected areas of the EU. Evidence was collected from Member States (MSs) veterinary authorities, farmers’ associations, literature and legislative documents. An Expert knowledge elicitation (EKE) was carried out to group outdoor pig farms according to their risk of introduction and spread of ASF, to rank biosecurity measures regarding their effectiveness with regard to ASF and propose improvements of biosecurity for outdoor pig farming and accompanying control measures. Outdoor pig farming is common and various farm types are present throughout the EU. As there is no legislation at European level for categorising outdoor pig farms in the EU, information is limited, not harmonised and needs to be interpreted with care. The baseline risk of outdoor pig farms for ASFV introduction and its spread is high but with considerable uncertainty. The Panel is 66–90% certain that, if single solid or double fences were fully and properly implemented on all outdoor pig farms in areas of the EU where ASF is present in wild boar and in domestic pigs in indoor farms and outdoor farms (worst case scenario not considering different restriction zones or particular situations), without requiring any other outdoor-specific biosecurity measures or control measures, this would reduce the number of new ASF outbreaks occurring in these farms within a year by more than 50% compared to the baseline risk. The Panel concludes that the regular implementation of independent and objective on-farm biosecurity assessments using comprehensive standard protocols and approving outdoor pig farms on the basis of their biosecurity risk in an official system managed by competent authorities will further reduce the risk of ASF introduction and spread related to outdoor pig farms.
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
Wiley
Journal
EFSA Journal
Volume
19
Issue
6
Copyright (Published Version)
2021 European Food Safety Authority
Subjects

African swine fever

Outdoor farming

Free-range

Pigs

Biosecurity measures

DOI
10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6639
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1831-4732
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
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