The virus of ASF was recorded on the territory of the Kaliningrad region

Submitted by bashun on Fri, 11/10/2017 - 11:12

In Russia, almost 1 million pigs were terminated due to ASF for the period of 10 years. The virus caused direct damage to the industry at 5 billion rubles, indirect damage is estimated at tens of billions of rubles.

"While carrying out laboratory studies of samples from the boar corpses found on the territory of hunting farms of the Bahrationivskyi urban district, on Nov. 4 the virus of African swine fever was confirmed," reports the press service of the regional government.

The local government established quarantine and approved a set of organizational, economic and veterinary-sanitary measures to eliminate the infection and prevent its spread.

In recent years, the ASF is rapidly spreading through the territory of neighboring Poland and Lithuania. According to experts, losses in the meat industry in these countries are estimated at tens of millions of euros.
 

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