ASF: new cases in the Donetsk region, Kirovohrad, Luhansk and Mykolaiv

Submitted by bashun on Thu, 12/28/2017 - 11:01

Since December 22, 2017 in Ukraine, 4 new cases of African swine fever has been recorded.

This is reported by the press service of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection.

So, at the ALLC FE "Druzhba" (Pokrovskyi district, Donetsk region) the death of pigs was registered.

In addition, in the territory of Chutiano — Dmytrivskyi hunting areas (Znamianskyi district, Kirovohrad region) and in SE “Svativske” forest hunting range (Svativskyi district, Luhansk region) death of wild pigs was recorded.

Also, corpses of domestic pigs were found near the Troitske village of the Novoodeskyi district of Mykolaiv region. In all cases, the presence of the ASF virus was confirmed by laboratory tests.

In the foci of the disease, measures are taken to localize and prevent the spread of the causative agent of the disease.

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