The virus of ASF has already spread in the eastern region of Romania and the Bulgarian authorities are trying to reduce the risk of an outbreak in the territory of their country, pigua.info reported.
In Poland, there were protests from farmers who demanded the canceling of the slaughter of healthy pigs in the fight against ASF. In their opinion, it makes no sense. They have a number of complaints about veterinary services, pigua.info reported.
The State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection recorded 78 cases of African swine fever (ASF) over the period of January-June 2018 versus 77 for the same period last year, Interfax reported.
Outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) unexpectedly increased in different parts of Romania. Among the reported cases there is an outbreak in an industrial pig farm with a livestock of almost 45,000 pigs in the province of Tulcea. The unfavorable situation with the spread of the virus forced the EU authorities to intensify the fight against the disease, pigua.info reported.
Six new cases of African swine fever were recorded from 9th to 16th of July in Ukraine. This is reported by the press service of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection.
A case of ASF was recorded on the pig farm of the Horodetske State Enterprise in the village of Horodets in the Volodymerskyi district of the Rivne Region. This is reported by the State Administration of State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection in the Rivne region, according to pigua.info.
Last week 46 new foci of African swine fever were recorded in Poland. This was reported by the chief veterinarian of the country according to pigua.info.
The death of pigs is no longer recorded in Izmail city of Odesa region, however, the measures for localization and elimination of ASF continue to be carried out. In total 3205 pigs were slaughtered in the Izmail district of the Odesa region, kurkul.com reported.
In the livestock of one of the largest Kaliningrad pig complexes, JSC Pravdynskoe Pig Production, the ASF virus was recorded. This was reported by sources in the industry and confirmed by the head of the press service of the regional government Dmytriy Lyskov, pigua.info reported.