African plague is a dangerous virus that infects animals, mainly pigs. Therefore, the disease is called African swine fever virus. According to statistics, 100% of sick animals die from this disease. Therefore, if a similar diagnosis is suspected, farms are immediately quarantined.
Of the advantages, one can single out the fact that a person does not get sick with this form of the virus. However, at the same time, he can easily serve as a carrier of such a dangerous disease. This happens if, when caring for animals, sanitary and veterinary requirements are not observed.
The epidemic, as a rule, occurs due to the fact that meat suppliers, knowing that the virus is not contagious for humans, when they detect symptoms of the disease in livestock, they try to keep silent about it. And this, despite the fact that the livestock in this case is subject to slaughter. After all, the African plague is not cured, and there is no vaccine for it. This means that literally in a matter of days, literally all pigs in a potentially dangerous area are infected with the virus. Farm owners commit such an offense only with the aim of not losing money. And this, in turn, leads to the spread of the virus to other farms.
For humans, this virus is not dangerous until it starts mutating. It is this scenario that doctors are afraid of. Indeed, in combination with poor ecology and violation of all sorts of requirements of veterinary and sanitary-epidemiological control, the appearance of a form of the virus dangerous for human life remains a matter of time.
Today in Russia, an outbreak of pig diseases is observed on farms throughout the country. Therefore, you need to be very careful when choosing meat on the market. It is advisable to study the list of potentially dangerous places in advance, and when buying meat on the market, be interested in veterinary documents and the place of pork production. If something worries you about the accompanying papers, it is better to refuse the purchase.
Until a person is worried about his health in connection with the African plague, he may be afraid for his pet. After all, today it has become fashionable to have minipigs in the house as favorite pets. And they are just at risk, since they can pick up the virus very, very quickly.
