Swine plague spreads out: restricted zone in the Rheingau is being expanded!

Swine plague spreads out: restricted zone in the Rheingau is being expanded!

Mariannenaue, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Deutschland - The African Swine plague (ASP) again ensures alarming messages in the Rheingau-Taunus district. After discovering several infected wild boar carcasses on the Rheininsel Mariannaue, between Eltville and Ingelheim, the so -called restricted zone has now been significantly expanded. The danger of the ASP virus for pigs is enormous-an infection almost always leads to the death of animals while people are not affected. The Hessian Ministry of Agriculture immediately took measures to stop the virus, but did not dispense the concerned voices that come from agriculture. For example, electrical fences have already been built for disease protection to prevent further spread of the virus, as hessenschau.de.

Overall, more than 530 wild boar cadavers have now been positively tested for the virus after the plague was first demonstrated in Hesse in June. A hunter discovered the first infected carcass near the Rhine, which caused the authorities to expand the search. At the new finds on the Marianninsel, drones and special search dogs were also used to find more carcasses. In order not to unsettle the game population by hunting actions and to promote the spread of the virus, hunting in the region was temporarily prohibited, as the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung informs.

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The expansion of the restricted zone brings with it considerable restrictions on animal husbandry and hunting. The exact limits of the new restricted zone II are to be determined in the near future in close coordination with the responsible authorities. The Ministry of Agriculture also appealed to the local pig farmers to intensify their security measures in order to contain the virus. In the regions already affected, especially in the Groß-Gerau district, over 3,500 domestic pigs had to be killed due to positive virus evidence. The location remains tense and the health authorities are alerted, while the hunters continue to work in high pressure in search of other carcasses.

The escalation of the ASP in the Rheingau-Taunus district has had the alarm bells ring and forces the health authorities to act quickly. The entire region has to adapt to strict controls and possible further restrictions in order to counteract the danger from the fatal virus, such as hessenschau.de and FAZ.NET Report.