Red alarm level: Bavarian offices train against African swine fever!

Red alarm level: Bavarian offices train against African swine fever!

The African swine plague, a dangerous virus that drives house and wild boar to death, ensures an alarm mood in Bavaria! The veterinary offices are on will after the plague last raged in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg. Now the Bavarian region is in turmoil, and the authorities have taken measures to prevent possible spread.

intensive preparations in Starnberg

In Igling near Landsberg, a decisive animal disease exercise recently took place in which the Landsberg Am Lech, Fürstenfeldbruck and Starnberg districts and the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety took part. The aim of this exercise was to better network the neighboring offices and learn the practical aspects of fence construction, which must be implemented immediately in the event of an outbreak. The focus is on electronic protection fences to stop the expansion of the plague.

The situation is serious: dead pigs are repeatedly reported nationwide, and the Bavarian veterinary authorities are on alert. The preparations are essential to keep the animal disease under control and protect the pigs. Time is pushing and the authorities are determined to do everything to keep the plague in chess!