During the last two months of the project:
— conducted part of a survey among market players (industrial farms, households, hunting grounds, territorial bodies of the State Consumer Service, private veterinarians and laboratories) to assess the risks of disease spread, including ASF, as well as the use of antimicrobials in war conditions;
— the first biosecurity assessment of pig farming in the de-occupied territories took place;
— arranged collaboration with top U.S. and domestic veterinary medicine specialists.
Planned for 2023:
— «Veterinary School»: AUPB will work with U.S. veterinary medicine specialists to develop a course on five training modules and virtual trainings on the management of various swine diseases;
— training of the competent authority's specialists, both online and on-site (in agri-food markets), with elements of simulation to detect possible infection and break the chain of infection;
— technical support for pig farms (especially those operating in regions in close proximity to the combat zone or in de-occupied territories) to develop and implement an on-farm disease surveillance and control program.
— improving the biosecurity of commercial farms, including small and medium-sized farms, to prevent animal disease transmission in the swine sector during war.
«It's nice that this grant is multidirectional. It's not just to support businesses, but to ensure animal health in the swine sector on a national scale. And in times of war, when businesses are disrupted and new risks arise every day, a clear program of activities spelled out is extremely relevant. Especially since it provides for a lot of teaching and technical assistance to enterprises. In particular, small and medium-sized enterprises, which have more limited opportunities to invest in biosecurity technologies and animal health control programs. In addition, the project is also a support for the end consumer in terms of quality assurance of products that fall into it added in the industry association.
The Association of Ukranian Pig Breeders is a nonprofit, voluntary organization founded by domestic pork producers. The main objectives of the association are representation and protection of rights and interests of the association farms, assistance in the development and introduction of new technologies for the efficient production of pork, expansion of markets, protection of domestic sales market.
