非洲豬瘟病毒可能是從歐盟傳入中國

The African Swine Fever (ASF) virus may have came to China from the European Union, Russian agriculture safety watchdog said last Tuesday, citing results of its own research.

上周二，俄羅斯農(nóng)業(yè)安全監(jiān)督機構(gòu)援引其研究結(jié)果稱，非洲豬瘟病毒可能是從歐盟傳入中國的。

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said around 40,000 hogs had so far been culled in China in an attempt to stop the disease from spreading through the world's largest pig herd.

聯(lián)合國糧農(nóng)組織之前表示，迄今為止中國已宰殺了大約4萬頭豬，以防止豬瘟在中國這個全球最大的養(yǎng)豬國家傳播。

"The first and most probable (version) is an import of the virus to China from one of the European Union countries, taking into account the highly developed trade in agricultural products, including supplies of pork products between China and the EU," the Russian watchdog said in a statement.

俄羅斯監(jiān)管機構(gòu)在一份聲明中稱：“考慮到中國與歐盟之間高度發(fā)達(dá)的農(nóng)產(chǎn)品貿(mào)易，包括進口豬肉產(chǎn)品，病毒最有可能的傳播途徑是從歐盟國家通過進口豬肉傳入到中國。”

China could also have got the virus from wild boars of the South Caucasus region but the likelihood of this scenario is low, Russia's Rosselkhoznadzor added.

俄羅斯農(nóng)業(yè)機構(gòu)Rosselkhoznadzor補充稱，中國也可能是從南高加索地區(qū)的野豬身上得到的這種病毒，但這種可能性很低。

Russia, which shares part of its border with China, and its neighbors have also seen several ASF outbreaks this season. Last week, Moscow said it could ban pork imports from Belarus after it found ASF in some meat products.

與中國接壤的俄羅斯及其鄰國本季度也發(fā)生了數(shù)次非洲豬瘟疫情。上周，在發(fā)現(xiàn)部分肉制品中含有非洲豬瘟病毒后，莫斯科表示禁止從白俄羅斯進口豬肉。

The rise in pork prices in Russia in July-August was caused by ASF outbreaks among other factors. The virus is a highly contagious fever among pigs, but it is not dangerous to humans.

由于非洲豬瘟爆發(fā)等因素，俄羅斯7月至8月的豬肉價格上漲。非洲豬瘟病毒在豬群中具有高度傳染性，但對人類無害。