Burundi - Bururi: ban on the sale and consumption of pork

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Bururi: Forbidden to sell and consume pork

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The provincial governor Bururi decided, this Sunday, October 2, 2022, to ban the trade, slaughter and consumption of pork. For good reason: a disease hitherto unknown.

This measure comes “after having detected cases of an as yet unidentified disease that attacks pigs”, motivated the governor's cabinet, via a press release to the public.

According to him, cases of this disease have been identified in Vyanda and Bururi communes respectively in Gitsiro and Bururi areas. Without giving the figures, the governor indicated that cases of death are already recorded following this disease.

Among its symptoms: excessive temperature. Information from these affected municipalities indicates that 20 pigs have already died as a result of this as yet unidentified disease.

To try to limit the spread, the governor asks the administrative authorities, the police and security forces, those responsible for environmental protection to closely monitor the situation and to inform urgently in the event of suspicious cases.

The governor of Bururi warns the entire population: “Anyone violating these measures will be punished exemplarily. »

It should be noted that the pigs had been spared by the Rift Valley fever detected in Burundi for the first time towards the end of April. Pigs, dogs, cats and rabbits and horses, domestic animals raised in Burundi are weakly sensitive to this disease, the infection is inapparent.

https://www.iwacu-burundi.org/bururi...iande-de-porc/

 

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October 15, 2022 Leila Keza Society

Burundi: Pig disease leads to several deaths

At the beginning of October 2022, three pigs died on Kibimba hill in the commune of Giheta in the province of Gitega (central Burundi). A disease that is still not known had just appeared. It has spread to other parts of the country. More than 75 animals have since died. To prevent its spread, the veterinary services have taken measures. They ask breeders to respect them. (SOS Media Burundi)

According to Anatolie Nzeyimana, head of the communal veterinary service in Gitega, the clinical signs are anorexia, hyperthermia, congestion in the ocular mucous membranes, motor incoordinations. The animal that shows these clinical signs dies in the majority of cases, after three to five days.

This information is confirmed by Serges Nkurunziza, General Manager of Livestock.

“We suspected African swine fever disease. Based on the clinical picture observed, the tests turned out to be negative, thus causing total confusion among the breeders,” he said.

The disease has spread to other parts of Burundi, particularly in the provinces of Rumonge, Bururi (southwest) and Muyinga (northeast). The report shows 116 contaminations of the disease including 70 pigs which died according to this authority.

To prevent the spread of this as yet unidentified disease, which ravages pigs in several parts of Burundi, measures have been taken.

These include urgent disinfection campaigns for piggeries, starting with farms located in the hills where the disease has appeared and in the major pig breeding centres, symptomatic treatment and the availability of essential drugs on ground.

For breeders, the General Director of Livestock recommended alerting the nearest veterinary services as soon as they see a sick animal.

It also prohibits the movement, slaughter and trade of pigs only in areas affected by the disease.

In recent years, pig farming has been widely practiced in Burundi.

https://www.sosmediasburundi.org/20...ie-des-porcs-entraine-plusieurs-cas-de-deces/