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<p>The first outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Romania was recorded in a backyard holding in Satu Mare County in July 2017 as a result of a previous large-scale spread of the virus in wild boars and domestic pig populations in two of Romania’s neighbouring countries, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova. Since then, more than 1.3 million domestic pigs have been infected in more than 5600 backyard holdings and commercial farms all over Romania where stamping out procedures have been performed afterwards. The spread of the disease could not be contained despite the contingency plans developed by the authorities based on the current EU and Romanian legislation, and currently, the entire territory of Romania is considered to be affected, leading to a significant decline of the pig inventory and major damages in the commercial farming system. Consequently, the amounts of pork imported from other EU member states have increased yearly, pig meat becoming the main commodity on the list of agricultural goods purchased by Romania. 2021 has been by far the worst year for Romanian pig meat production, generating the highest financial losses mainly due to the inability of authorities and policymakers to implement effective and efficient disease control measures.</p>
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The first outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Romania was recorded in a backyard holding in Satu Mare County in July 2017 as a result of a previous large-scale spread of the virus in wild boars and domestic pig populations in two of Romania’s neighbouring countries, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova. Since then, more than 1.3 million domestic pigs have been infected in more than 5600 backyard holdings and commercial farms all over Romania where stamping out procedures have been performed afterwards. The spread of the disease could not be contained despite the contingency plans developed by the authorities based on the current EU and Romanian legislation, and currently, the entire territory of Romania is considered to be affected, leading to a significant decline of the pig inventory and major damages in the commercial farming system. Consequently, the amounts of pork imported from other EU member states have increased yearly, pig meat becoming the main commodity on the list of agricultural goods purchased by Romania. 2021 has been by far the worst year for Romanian pig meat production, generating the highest financial losses mainly due to the inability of authorities and policymakers to implement effective and efficient disease control measures.

The Impact of African Swine Fever (ASF) on Romanian Pig Meat Production: A Review

University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Faculty of Animal Science and Biotechnologies

Acta Veterinaria

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The first outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Romania was recorded in a backyard holding in Satu Mare County in July 2017 as a result of a previous...

The Impact of African Swine Fever (ASF) on Romanian Pig Meat Production: A Review

Published Online: Mar 16, 2023

Page range: 1 - 12

Received: Sep 20, 2022

Accepted: Jan 13, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acve-2023-0001

Keywords
costs, outbreak, pork, Romania

© 2023 Ioan Ladoşi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The Impact of African Swine Fever (ASF) on Romanian Pig Meat Production: A Review

Published Online: Mar 16, 2023

Page range: 1 - 12

Received: Sep 20, 2022

Accepted: Jan 13, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acve-2023-0001

Keywordscosts, outbreak, pork, Romania

© 2023 Ioan Ladoşi et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
costs, outbreak, pork, Romania