Prevention of Occurrence and Spread of Animal Diseases
◇ (Goal) Prevent occurrence of animal diseases and spread at early stage
① Strengthen control of livestock vehicles that are major cause of inflow and spread of virus
② Improve farms' cultivation environment to suit disease control
③ Strengthen farm-level disease control by increasing responsibility
④ Establish disease control support system such as epidemiological survey and improve capacity
◇ (Expected Effect) Minimize negative external effects from occurrence of animal disease
A. Related Status
Since 2017, the occurrence of animal diseases has decreased, but it is no time to take the guard down due to the inflow of new animal diseases such as the African Swine Fever (ASF)
The spread of ASF is under control of special disease control measures, but it is causing burden on the national economy in terms of cancellation of local festivals in addition to direct cost to disease control* * Inflow of over KRW 200 billion of direct cost such as compensation for stamping out due to African Swine Fever
In order to prevent animal diseases, it is necessary to restrict the access of livestock vehicles, and strengthen management of cultivation environment, and disease control measures at farms
Based on epidemiological survey that has been performed so far, vehicles and people are the major causes*, but there have been vehicles accessing in the farms**, and lack of compliance to basic rules * Since 2014, the causes of AI occurrence were 35.3% on accessing vehicles, and 23.6% on host animals and workers, etc. ** Frequency of vehicles visiting pig farms (1 month): Feed transporting 16.1, livestock transporting 8.1, excretion transporting 6.1, total 39.4
Feeding environment with insufficient disease control facilities and overcrowded raising is also a factor that hinders disease control
Need to strengthen governmental disease control support system by strengthening sterilizing resources, managing disease control businesses, performing epidemiological survey and conducting R&D
B. Implementation Plan
Systematizing Access Control of Livestock Vehicles
Provide and distribute livestock vehicle control measures for each type of farm facility structure to minimize vehicle access to farms (March 2020)
Provide livestock vehicle access control measures in vulnerable areas during hazardous period by providing detours for livestock vehicles on roads near habitat for migratory birds, and restricting movement of livestock excretions across zones
Strengthen disease control management of vehicle access to livestock facilities such as slaughterhouses and excretion disposal sites (second half of 2020)
To improve accuracy of livestock vehicle management such as checking farm access, upgrade GPS control system (June 2020)
Create Feeding Environment Suitable for Disease Control
Constantly check on feeding density through the livestock information system, and strengthen management through joint inspection of the local governments and related agencies (Korea Institute for Animal Products Quality Evaluation, Livestock Health Control Association, etc.)
Designate regions that are vulnerable to diseases such as ASF and AI as intensive disease control zones and apply strengthened disease control facility standards to farms (amended Enforcement Rule of Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control Law)
Strengthen farms' facility standards by enforcing facilities and equipment for basic disease control compliance such as washing hands and changing boots, and installing separate passages in duck farms * Amended Enforcement Rule of the Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control Law (second half of 2020)
Relocating to and building smart livestock complexes capable of reducing foul odors and providing disease control from previous small-scale and aged livestock farms (5 places in 2020)
Strengthening Disease Control in Farms
Materialize* disease control compliance of farms that have been declared, and provide an integrated announcement that integrates and systematizes inspection items dispersed over related laws (draft) (June 2020) * (Example) Need to control access from outside → Lock the farm gates, check the purpose of visit, and guide that visiting is prohibited for disease control reason if the purpose of visit is irrelevant to farm management - Grant inspection authority to livestock related agencies to improve inspection efficiency
Introduce an online disease control management card* of each farm that states inspection result on disease control measures of each farm and improvement details * Currently, demonstrating in full-time poultry farms (4,190), and will be phased out to pig farms, etc.
Strengthen penalty against non-compliance to disease control obligations such as failure to comply with disease control facilities and vaccination against FMD
Strengthen Efficiency of Disease Control Support System
Strengthen expertise and promptness of epidemiological survey by recruiting experts, etc. (first half of 2020) * Compose and operate an advisory group of experts in epidemiological survey in livestock, disease control, wild animal, geography, etc.
Constantly manage sterilizing resources at local governments and Nonghyup by computerizing, and strengthen sterilizing supports by supporting wide area disease control machines (20 units) to local governments (first half of 2020)
Supplement and materialize the standards for managing disease control related businesses and equipment such as stamping and burying businesses, burying equipment, rendering, etc. (first half of 2020)
Consider introducing '(temporary) Livestock Management Industry' that can support feeding management, disease control sterilizing and environmental improvement of livestock facilities (research contracting in 2020)
Consider setting up a complex research institute for animal and plant diseases that can comprehensively manage and carry out studies on disease pathogens for animals and plants, diagnostic methods and epidemiological survey, etc. (research contracting in 2020)