The cases of ASF of domestic pigs have decreased, and have increased of wild ones

This was reported by the press service of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection.
However, the number of cases of ASF in the wild fauna increased (17 cases in the second half of this year for 7 cases in the first half of 2016 and 5 cases in the second half of 2016), which became possible due to active monitoring both among domestic pigs and in the wild fauna, including in the framework of the grant agreement with the EU.

"The study of ASF during the monitoring is a fact of early detection of the disease, which allows taking timely measures in order to prevent the spread of ASF and entering into farms where domestic pigs are kept," says First Deputy Chairman of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection Andrii Zhuk.

In this context, it should be noted that during the second half of the year 2017, 5 infected objects were identified - pig corpses that were located in landfills or forest belts, their owners could not be identified.

In total, during 2017, 140 cases of ASF were recorded in Ukraine, 111 of them are domestic pigs, 24 - among wild and 5-infected objects.

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On June 6 of this year, the Chairman of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, Volodymyr Lapa, initialed the text of the Grant Agreement "Support for Protection Measures to Combat African Swine Fever in Ukraine". The signing took place during a high-level meeting on ASF issues with the participation of the EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Mr. Vityanis Andryukaitis, in Riga, Latvia.

The grant agreement will help improve the organization and control of the epizootic situation of ASF, improve methods to combat this disease, improve antiepizootic activities in the wild and improve the response capabilities to the outbreak, and limit the spread of ASF disease in Ukraine.