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Measures applied to control ASF

 During outbreak of end of 2018 substantial number of animals were illegally moved or slaughtered
 Commercial farms implemented very strict biosecurity measures to avoid introduction of the infection on their establishments
 The movement bans due to the establishment of protection (3 km) and surveillance zones (10 km) around infected premises has
substantial impact on commercial farms (especially animal welfare problems on sow farms)
 Slaughtering of pigs originating from surveillance zones has been applied once. However, the inability to find customers for the canned
food impacted the feasibility of this option
 Requests for derogation by means of compartmentalisation of commercial farms was not approved by EU

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