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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-06-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Classical swine fever2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010614.12.4-203"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-06-14-Speech-4-2042
lpv:speaker	lp:Nelly Maes2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Volksunie (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 vice-chair; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-19--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I should like to thank the rapporteur, because I learned something from her report, which is always very pleasant. In addition the report points out the necessary modification of the guidelines. Of course we must bring swine fever under control, but extermination methods that require mass slaughter are no longer really accepted by public opinion. That is a problem. I myself come from Flanders. It is a densely populated region and there are even more pigs than people. That means that we ourselves are dramatically confronted with that problem. Therefore I agree that the combating of swine fever is important but should like at the same time to point out that this animal disease, unlike others, presents no danger to human beings. I would say that culling because of the disease is one thing, but it is difficult to distinguish from culling for economic reasons, for example because sties become overfull or because animals become too heavy for sale. That is why it is always rather hypocritical when mass slaughter is being considered, since it is not very clear whether the culling is taking place to prevent disease or for economic reasons. I must honestly admit that in that respect I do not trust the industry. The report has nevertheless convinced me that there has been a remarkable development in marker vaccine. Therefore in my view it can easily be declared ready for use so that it could be used on a much wider scale than solely in emergencies. If it is not reliable, for example because the disease can still be transmitted via the placenta, then it would seem sensible to me that it cannot be used with sows but that it can still be of use in other cases. If it transpires, as is argued in the report, that the diagnostic method is still not reliable, then I believe that we must do our utmost to develop good diagnostic methods, so that a distinction can be made between vaccinated animals on the one hand and animals that have developed antibodies because they have had the disease or have had contact with the disease in some other way. This is why I believe that culling must be rejected as a method of combating this animal disease and that we must concentrate our attention on the development not only of marker vaccine, since that already exists – but of good diagnostic methods and the refinement of the vaccine so that it can also be used for sows. In any case the guidelines should provide regulation that makes mass culls unnecessary. I agree with the conclusions of the Commission, namely that mass culls cast a slur on the agricultural policy and the health policy that we wish to pursue as a European Community."@en1

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