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Socialists say that this disease "absolutely affects consumers nothing," but the result in the pig hut would be catastrophic and would bring with it an important impact on the Lorca livestock sector.

The councilman of the Municipal Socialist Group in the City of Lorca, Antonio Navarro, has expressed the need to intensify animal health controls to keep safe the pig hut of African Swine Fever (PPA) and avoid the possible economic consequences in the sector Cattleman of our municipality

Navarro recalled that this animal disease (harmless to humans) we know a lot in Spain and also in Lorca.

"The mere mention of the disease takes us back to 1958, the year in which swine fever entered Spain and caused the collapse of our exports.The virus arrived from Angola to Portugal, quickly was introduced into national territory through Extremadura and by which The World Organization for Animal Health blocked the exit of pork products for almost 3 decades, "he says.

The socialist mayor said that in January 2018 we were aware of the outbreaks of African swine fever (PPA) that were occurring in some regions of Poland and then appeared in Romania and Hungary in the month of April, finally notes that the past On August 17, new cases have been reported in the world's main pork producing country, China.

Navarro wants to send a message of total tranquility regarding the repercussions of this animal disease on the health of humans, "we are all aware that this disease has absolutely no effect on humans," he stresses, but it is lethal in the pig hut. and therefore its economic repercussion in the sector could be disastrous, in addition to the image that we would transfer abroad, of a lack of sanitary control that would undoubtedly affect future exports.

It is in this aspect in which the socialist councilor moves his concern, in the devastating effects that this disease would have on the Spanish pig, regional and especially in our town, since the primary sector composed of agriculture and livestock, is The main economic engine of our region, and the eradication of this disease, involves the slaughter of all animals in areas where foci of disease are detected, with the consequent economic impact for the sector.

For all these reasons, from the PSOE de Lorca, Navarro wants to transfer his concern to the three administrations and requests that, insofar as each of them corresponds, "controls should be intensified to guarantee the tranquility of the livestock sector, in addition to moving a good animal health image abroad and tranquility for consumers.

Source: PSOE Lorca