The situation is changing rapidly. Change so fast that what you get today can be wrong tomorrow.

In just one week, four African swine fever outbreaks have been confirmed in different regions.

The most chilling thing in the industry is the latest outbreak that was discovered by a large pig farm with a capacity of 100,000 commercial pigs a year.

After a few days of "popular science", everyone knew that once a pig was infected with non-plague, it was equivalent to being sentenced to "death" - either dying of disease or being culled.

Tens of thousands of pigs were culled, cruel no?

Cruel, of course.

However, in order to stop the spread and spread of the epidemic, this is an inevitable choice under the activation of the emergency response mechanism.

The problem is that it is a large pig farm with the most advanced design concept in the country and air filtration facilities. Although its biosecurity is not the most advanced level, it also proves a saying: in the face of non-plague, pigs and pigs are equal.

Large-scale pig farms with a high degree of biosecurity have been recruited, and the mental blow to pig farmers can be imagined.

It can be said that in just a few days, the mentality of all pig farmers in the industry has completely changed.

Pig farms of any size are improving their biosecurity levels, especially large pig farms, all of them are learning from Jiagu Pig Farm, and raising their own biosecurity level to the highest level that can be achieved - the losses of large pig farms after being infected are too heavy, and the pigs that have worked hard to fatten are culled in groups, and everyone is so heartbroken that they can't breathe.

At this time, the industry suddenly woke up, your uncle is still your uncle, and the Jiagu pig farm, which took the lead in entering the state of prevention and control, is estimated to have expected this day a long time ago.

But in fact, even Qi Zheng was shocked by the current situation.

He vaguely remembered that the non-plague virus in parallel time and space "struck" the pigs in the five provinces within three weeks, and compared with the current situation, the spread trend has once again deviated.

But when Qi Zheng thought about it, he felt that this kind of deviation was not so much "falling from the sky" as "there was a sign in advance".

If it is three years later, the so-called "strictest in history" animal husbandry environmental protection policy has been implemented for three years, and various places have set aside "forbidden areas" for pigs, and even blanket "no animal areas".

This is not reasonable for the time being, but the concentration of pig breeding has increased a lot. Because when environmental protection becomes the assessment standard, the first to be eliminated are the extensive pig farmers in rural areas.

But at present, the feed nutrition is not scientific, often the leftovers at home for the pigs to eat; the pig house is stinky, and the pig excrement is not treated and discharged; the ability to resist the epidemic is extremely poor, and the vaccine, medical treatment and disease control capabilities are lacking, and an epidemic will send the "two senior brothers" back to heaven en masse The extensive farmer pig raising model, without the cruel elimination of environmental protection policies, bears the brunt of the African swine fever when it quietly sweeps, and the overall loss may be more serious than three years later.

Of course, with the variable of Jiagu, everything is still unknown.

Qi Zheng dared to say this, also because Jiagu agriculture and animal husbandry had stepped out of the mentality of "personal self-cleaning in front of the door" and started the "joint prevention and control" with Jiagu characteristics.

"All Jiagu pig farms have upgraded their biosecurity level, formulated reasonable epidemic prevention procedures and supervised their implementation. The laboratory has also mastered the means of using fluorescence quantitative PCR to detect non-distemper viruses, and I have submitted to the government for approval to apply for testing qualifications. The situation suddenly changed, and Li Dongliang also rushed back to report to Qi Zheng on the progress of non-plague prevention and control.

Pig raising is a systematic project, and the prevention and control of non-plague is also a systematic project. Under the coordination of the Strategy Department, the entire Jiagu system is running in an orderly manner like a precision machine.

Detection methods are very important, especially at the beginning of the "non-plague" outbreak, there are no commercially available diagnostic testing reagents, and many local pig farms do not know what disease their pigs are suffering from, let alone targeted reporting.

Failure to do so can easily sell infected pigs or dead pork products. As a result, the outbreak will spread to many other farms and even more provinces.

Jiagu agriculture and animal husbandry, which is backed by the Jiagu laboratory, naturally does not need to worry about technical problems, and all that is needed is the qualification of testing - private testing is not allowed, considering that private testing will involve the isolation of viruses and the storage of disease materials, it is understandable.

Seeing that Chen Jianzhang, the boss of the laboratory, nodded in confirmation, Qi Zheng motioned for Li Dongliang to continue reporting.

"The scope of regulation of free-range farmers around the Jiagu pig farm has spread to 10 kilometers. We negotiated with the government and sent a professional team to monitor the area around the pig farm and maintain a good relationship with the farmers......"

This is also important because the government itself does not have access to and observe pigs on a daily basis, whereas farmers can. However, farmers may not be able to find problems in time, and the professional team sent by Jiagu Agriculture and Animal Husbandry can.

Qi Zheng bowed his head and added: "If there are farmers who have suffered losses due to infection in the prevention and control area around our core pig farms, Jiagu Agriculture and Animal Husbandry can also consider appropriately increasing compensation to control the epidemic as soon as possible." ”

Of course, the government will introduce compensation policies, but whether or to what extent they can be implemented is unknown. And if there is no compensation, pig farmers may hide it and not report it, which will bring a greater risk of epidemic transmission.

Qi Zheng would rather spend a little more on his own, but also to ensure the safety of the surrounding environment of the core pig farm.

Of course, with the location of Jiagu pig farm, this will not cost too much. Because even if it spreads to 10 kilometers around the pig farm, there are a number of free-range households.

"By the way, the Ministry of Agriculture asked me for our full set of prevention and control measures, and I heard that it may be written in the prevention and control methods of non-plague. After Li Dongliang reported on the specific work, he casually mentioned this point.

Qi Zheng also knew about this.

The rise of large-scale pig farming in China has been less than 20 years, and the theory of pig breeding is also diverse and uneven. In the face of non-plague, how to prevent and control large-scale pig farming, no matter how much the "experts" blow, it is not as good as the personal practice of the leader.

Zhang Zehong, the head of the public relations department, couldn't help but smile: "Who is the boss of the pig industry, and now it's beginning to show its signs, right?"

When the others heard this, they all laughed helplessly.

Last year, it was the peak of domestic pig production capacity, and the number of slaughtered heads reached nearly 750 million. Among them, the number of slaughters of Jiagu agriculture and animal husbandry and Wen's shares is almost the same, accounting for about 2% of the national pig production capacity.

Wen's, which represents the "company + farmer" model, and Jiagu agriculture and animal husbandry, which represents the "self-breeding and self-raising" model, who is the overlord of China's pig industry has always been a topic of conversation in the industry.

Now it is not to say that the status of the boss has been decided, but Zhang Zehong has this kind of self-confidence - the opportunity for the industry to understand that Jiagu agriculture and animal husbandry is the boss of the industry.

African swine fever is certainly a catastrophic event for the pig industry, but it can also be said to be a punishment for the over-reliance on vaccines and drugs and the disregard for biosecurity in the past.

Interestingly, the biosecurity system is the "standard" of Jiagu pig farms, rather than an expedient measure to deal with animal diseases, so it can be said that the safety level can be improved in a very short period of time.

Therefore, in the shadow of African swine fever, it may be a big victory of the "Jiagu model".

For Zhang Zehong, who has been attacked by public opinion in recent times, it is tantamount to being dozed off and handed a pillow.

I saw this guy sitting in a big posture, leaning his neck and saying lightly: "The public relations department doesn't need to 'control and comment' now, and soon everyone will understand that when the crisis comes, the boss is the real responsibility." ”

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