After the outbreak of the mouth and claw disease in Hungary and Slovakia, the styric agricultural councilor Simone Schmiedtbauer (ÖVP) warns against the import of meat and milk products. Especially in Easter, many traveling travelers bring food from Eastern Europe – this time this is strictly forbidden.
Extra checks are carried out to prevent an outbreak in Austria. “There is an import ban from Slovakia and Hungary,” said Schmiedtbauer. Likewise, living animals of sensitive species such as cattle, pigs, sheep, goats and manure and manure from these countries can be introduced.
Austria is preparing for an emergency
In other neighboring countries in Eastern Europe there are no known cases of mouth and mouth disease, but caution must also be exercised- for example in Slovenia and Croatia. “We are not nervous, but we try to prepare ourselves as much as possible for an emergency situation,” said the state council, which explicitly warned of the “enormous economic consequences” of an outbreak in Austria. If cases are proven, all hoof animals must be killed within a radius of three kilometers. Until now, however, no cases of the plague in Austria have been demonstrated in more than 1,000 samples.
Extra controls for home travelers
Schmiedtbauer also announced additional checks for home travelers from Hungary and Slovakia. Information material for travelers are provided at bus stations and other critical points to strengthen precautions. According to Franz Mayr-Melnhof-Saurau, Styria, Jägermeister and President of Jagd Austria is a key role in the early detection of an outbreak of the mouth and the claw disease. “We are the early detection partners in the areas,” he emphasized, and emphasized that hunters can quickly identify wild animals.
Import of hunting trophies and wild meat that is currently forbidden
The mouth and claw disease can also be transferred to wild animals because all the unwarm animals are susceptible. It spreads over the wind, which can transport the disease up to 40 kilometers. “This plague has not been so close for 40 years,” emphasized Anna Kübber-Heiss, pathologist at Veterinary University of Vienna, who also spoke about other wild animals at the press conference of the hunters.
She emphasized that so far there has been little experience with the clinical image of wild animals. A ban on hunting, as is currently the case in the security area in parts of Burgenland and Lower Austria, supports them. However, she also called for caution in other areas: “Jäger must please report if you notice something,” said the pathologist. Moreover, the import of hunting trophies and wild meat from Slovakia and Hungary is currently forbidden.
Killing the affected livestock farming required
In the case of the evidence of the plague, Schmiedtbauer explained that the entire affected livestock farming had to be killed. The federal government assumes the costs of deaths and the destruction of food and food, but not the loss of income. “However, there is the possibility to be insured,” said Schmiedtbauer. However, farmers must bear in mind that the insurance only applies after six weeks.
Source: Krone
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