ASF is distributed by the Poltava and Chernivtsi regions

Submitted by bashun on Mon, 02/05/2018 - 13:06

The ASF is recorded in the Khotyn district of the Chernivtsi region and the Kremenchuh district of the Poltava region. This is reported by the press service of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection.

According to the information of the Main Directorate of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection in the Chernivtsi region, disease and the death of pigs were recorded in the personal subsidiary farm (Dankivtsi village, Khotyn district, Chernivtsi region). 

In the study of selected samples of biomaterial in the State Research Institute for Laboratory Diagnostics and the Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise (Kyiv) 29.01.2018 DNA of the African swine fever virus (ASF) was identified (report on the results of study No. 000774 p.m./18 of 29/01/2018).

In addition, according to the information of the Main Department of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection in the Poltava region, the disease and the death of pigs were registered in the Agricultural Cooperative “Iskra” (Nedoharky village, Kremenchuh district, Poltava region).

In the study of the selected samples of the biomaterial in the Regional State Laboratory of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection in the Poltava region on January 31, 1981, the DNA of the ASF virus was identified (report on the results of the study No. 000238 p.m./18 of 31.01.2018).

In order to coordinate actions to localize and eliminate outbreaks of ASF, a meeting of state emergency antiepizootic commissions was held at Khotyn and Kremenchug regional state administrations. The decisions of which approved plans for the elimination of ASF, the borders of epizootic foci, protection and surveillance zones.

In the foci of the disease, measures are taken to localize and prevent the spread of the pathogen of ASF.
 

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