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Economic consequences of movement ban

Additional measures taken by the farms with:
Analysis: Short survey among commercial farms on
Direct impact on production: economic effects of movement bans. Outcomes are
based on 7 respondents and therefore only indicative.
 To reduce number of sows with 30% and the number of inseminated sows
 Due to increased infectious pressure and increased drug use and mortality,
increased feed conversion ratio and reduced average daily gain # farms Average Min Max

Effect on management of the farm number of 7 2.29 1 4
movement bans
 Modified pens for raising piglets, raising piglets in maternity pens, since 2017
 Raising biosecurity measures, additional costs with protective equipment, duration of the 7 65 15 166
increased biological sampling and laboratory analysis movement ban
(days)
Other effects
number of 2 3,300 2,500 4,100
 Inability to comply with contracts animals killed
due to
 The inability to comply with the commitment under Measure 14 -Animal Welfare overpopulation
from NRDP 2014-2020 by overpopulation in case of restrictions imposed by ASF piglets killed 3 700 300 1,100
evolution
sows aborted 3 86 48 150
 Loss of employees, high labour force fluctuation, supplementing the farm staff number of pigs 4 7,594 1,200 21,000
 Loss of supplier confidence due to late or delayed payments, the negative sold at lower
value due to
influence on the cash flow, delays in bank rates, payments to the state budget overweight
and other payments

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