In Ternopil, Lviv, Poltava regions and Volyn were recorded cases of African swine fever (ASF). This is reported by the website of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, agropolit.com reported.
In the Zaporizhzhya region in the personal subsidiary farms of citizens in the village of Prymorske, Vasylivskyi district of Zaporizhzhya region, disease and death of pigs were recorded. This is reported by the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, according to agronews.ua.
As of June 12, 2018 in Ukraine a new case of African swine fever was recorded. This was reported by the press service of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, according to pigua.info.
In Lithuania the second case of African swine fever (ASF) was recorded this year, according to a press release from the State Food and Veterinary Service, pigua.info reported
Over the past five years losses for the pigs withdrawn as a result of quarantine measures for the reasons of ASF amount to 170.3 million UAH. This is reported by agravery.com with reference to the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection.
Ukraine can not overcome the epidemic of African swine fever due to two reasons - inefficient management and inadequate funding. This opinion was expressed in the comments of UNN by an expert in the field of agriculture, a technologist, veterinarian Yurii Openko.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will assess the effectiveness of the construction of a fence in order to combat the spread of African swine fever (ASF). This was reported by the Minister of Agriculture and Development of the village of Poland Krzysztof Jurgiel, reports UNN referring to the "Polish Radio".
The number of pigs in Ukraine has decreased by 6%, but this year the authorities hope to change this trend. This was announced by the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Maksym Martyniuk during an online conference on his Facebook page, reports UNN.