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Protecting Brazil from pig diseases


In terms of infectious diseases, Brazil can be proud of a long period of no infections from many serious pathogens. A major role in this success is played by the Cananéia Quarantine Station, which puts every incoming breeding animal to the test. How does that procedure work?


BY DANIEL AZEVEDO DUARTE, CORRESPONDENT F


A new arrival of breeding pigs at Viracopos Air- port, Campinas, São Paulo state.


or the last 15 years or so, Brazil’s pig industry has been considered to be a bit of a “sanitary paradise”. While the US has been troubled by infections of Por- cine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS)


and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED), and Asia and Europe still face African Swin Fever (ASF) outbreaks, Brazil has no critical diseases in its productive areas. One reason for that positive result in pig farming is the Cananéia Quarantine Station (Estaçao Quarantenária de Cananéia – EQC) in São Paulo state. Located on an island, the


quarantine site for incoming breeding pigs has strict biosecu- rity procedures and a low infection risk from imported swine breeders. Charli Ludtke is technical director of the Brazilian Pig Producers Association (Associação Brasileira dos Criadores de Suínos – ABCS). She describes the structure and other ef- forts by the sector to keep its pigs healthy.


Pig Progress: What is the EQC exactly? Charli Ludtke: “The EQC belongs to the Ministry of Agricul- ture, Livestock and Supply (Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento – MAPA) and is the only official quarantine for pig imports. The structure aims to protect Brazil’s herd health and minimises risk of disease entrance through the breeders imported by various genetic companies. “All pigs arriving at the EQC are subject to continuous moni- toring by the MAPA’s Official Veterinary Service, under clinical and laboratory tests, before they can be transported to populate certified pig breeding farms.”


What is the current structure? “The EQC housed animals of other species (i.e. horses and or- namental birds) until it was revamped and reopened with the


6 ▶PIG PROGRESS | Volume 36, No. 8, 2020


PHOTO: THOMAS BIERHALS


PHOTO: EQC


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