Azerbaijan, Baku, May 30 / Trend , S.Babayeva/
The State Veterinary Service under the Azerbaijani Ministry of Agriculture considers the address to resume activities of pig farms in the Nidj village of the Gabala region (located 250 km of Baku). In January 2008, quarantine was imposed on the village because of an outbreak of African plague, the state service press secretary Yolcu Khanveli said.
"According to the rules of the International epizootic bureau, the farms' activities can be resumed only in the case of keeping animal in the closed places, as there is no guarantee that the virus does not exist in the soil or plant roots," Khanveli said.
The official of the state service said permission to resume activities of pig farms may be given only in case of keeping pigs in the closed places and only after three years, one cannot fear the emergence of the virus and transfer of animals in open areas.
"So far we have not agreed on the addresses examined by us, as long as there is no farmer who could comply with our demands," the press secretary said.
The state service has introduced quarantine in the Nidzh village on January 28, 2008. This was the first African outbreak of plague in the territory of Azerbaijan. Quarantine was lifted on 28 March in the same year after the destruction of 4,863 heads of pigs (506 tons of pork), which were kept in the 378 family farms in the village.
The villagers received compensation for the massive destruction of pigs in the amount of 1.266 million manat.
There are pig farms in the country, including Gabala, Zagatala, Shaki, Balakan, Ganja and around Baku.
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