{"id":256136,"date":"2020-04-02T11:43:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T01:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=256136"},"modified":"2020-04-02T14:01:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T04:01:32","slug":"be-alert-for-swine-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/04\/02\/be-alert-for-swine-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Alert For Swine Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>April 2, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Would you recognise the symptoms of African Swine Fever in domestic or feral pigs?<\/p>\n<p>The deadly disease &#8211; which affects pigs but not humans &#8211; has been detected in some of Australia&#8217;s nearest neighbours and authorities are working hard to keep it out of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Currently ASF is not present in Australia but early detection and reporting will be essential to protect the local pork industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Symptoms of ASF include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Signs of incoordination;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Reluctancy to move and lying down;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Redness or blue botching of the skin on ears, nose and limbs; and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Nasal and eye discharges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you think you have seen either a feral or domestic pig displaying any of the above symptoms, immediately contact Biosecurity Queensland on 13-25-23.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/02\/21\/people-food-isnt-pig-food\/\"><strong>People Food Isn&#8217;t Pig Food<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/11\/25\/pig-disease-found-in-seized-pork\/\">Pig Disease Found In Seized Pork<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/11\/20\/mp-updated-on-swine-fever\/\">MP Updated On Swine Fever<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/10\/11\/suki-to-sniff-out-illegal-pork\/\">Suki To Sniff Out Illegal Pork<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/10\/02\/pig-pandemic-hits-east-timor\/\">Pig Pandemic Hits East Timor<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/09\/24\/alert-warns-producers-to-stay-vigilant\/\">Alert Warns Producers To Stay Vigilant<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/09\/09\/roundtable-targets-swine-fever\/\">Roundtable Targets Swine Fever<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/08\/26\/swine-fever-threat-to-economy\/\">Swine Fever \u2018Threat To Economy\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/01\/23\/virus-found-in-illegal-imports\/\">Virus Found In Illegal Imports<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/12\/21\/120000-fine-over-imported-pork\/\">$120,000 Fine Over Imported Pork<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Would you recognise the symptoms of African Swine Fever in domestic or feral pigs?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":112721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,36],"tags":[1134],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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