Does African swine fever compensation vary by size? A detailed explanation of compensation standards

From research on related issues by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, it can be learned that these administrative departments have now included African swine fever within the scope of compulsory culling subsidies. Since African swine fever is a very serious infectious disease, there is currently no medication that can completely cure it, and the most direct method when an outbreak occurs is culling. For farmers, having pigs they worked hard to raise culled in this way will certainly cause complaints, so implementing culling subsidies is an inevitable move.

According to relevant notice provisions, the currently determined African swine fever culling subsidy standard is 1200 yuan per head. Of course, standards vary from place to place and need to be further differentiated according to factors such as the pig's size and breed. In addition, it is known that the common international practice for culling subsidy standards is generally 50% to 100% of the market price, and China's current culling subsidy standard has reached about 75% of the market price.

African swine fever causes major harm to pig production.

Experts from the provincial CDC introduced that African swine fever is not a zoonotic disease. Pigs are the only natural host of the African swine fever virus. Apart from domestic pigs and wild boars, other animals generally do not become infected with this virus. Although it is fatally dangerous to pigs, it is not harmful to humans, and it is a typical virus that spreads among pigs but not to humans.

Once pork is cooked, it can be eaten with confidence!

The African swine fever virus cannot survive at high temperatures, that is, after cooking and heating (reaching 55°C for 30 minutes or 60°C for ten minutes) the virus can be killed.

In addition, most lipid solvents and disinfectants can also destroy it. For our daily household cooking and processing, the conditions are actually completely more thorough than this, so as long as it is reasonably cooked and fully heated, there will be no harmful factors to the body.

At the same time, experts from the provincial CDC also stated: regarding African swine fever, animal husbandry and veterinary departments at all levels have taken decisive and strict measures. Once an outbreak is detected, all pigs at the outbreak point and within the epidemic area will be immediately culled and subjected to harmless treatment, and all pigs and their products will be prohibited from leaving the blockade zone.

Therefore, pork and products purchased through formal channels have undergone quarantine, and the public need not worry.