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Risk Assessment and Response Strategy for Pig Epidemics in China
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: Received: 9 May 2023 / Approved: 10 May 2023 / Online: 10 May 2023 (04:12:16 CEST)
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Shi, Z.; Li, J.; Hu, X. Risk Assessment and Response Strategy for Pig Epidemics in China. Vet. Sci. 2023, 10, 485. Shi, Z.; Li, J.; Hu, X. Risk Assessment and Response Strategy for Pig Epidemics in China. Vet. Sci. 2023, 10, 485.
Abstract
Strengthening the analysis and risk assessment of the pig epidemic will help to better prevent and mitigate epidemic risks and promote high-quality development of the pig industry. Based on the systematic grasp of the situation of live pig epidemics, a risk assessment index system was constructed, and the spatial and temporal variation characteristics of the risk of pig epidemics in China were explored by the entropy method. In recent years, the overall trend in pig epidemics in time first increased and then decreased, and in space, the trend in the acceleration of the spread across the country continued to weaken. China still faces challenges, such as many types and a wide range of diseases, large total livestock breeding and weak epidemic prevention and control capacity, and a large risk of introduction of foreign animal epidemics. The spatial and temporal variation in the pig epidemic risk was obvious; there was one high-risk area, two higher-risk areas and 10 medium-risk areas in recent years, and the epidemic risk was highest in Beijing, Hainan, Liaoning, Tibet and Zhejiang. However, there were significant differences in the regional distribution of the risk of pig epidemics in different years. To further build a secure “defense system” for the high-quality development of the pig industry, it is recommended to improve the monitoring and early warning system of pig epidemic risk, perfect the pig epidemic prevention and control system, and strengthen the regional collaboration mechanism of epidemic prevention and control.
Keywords
pig; animal disease; African swine fever; risk assessment; policy recommendations
Subject
Business, Economics and Management, Economics
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