ASF is recorded in the Kyiv and Ternopil regions

Submitted by bashun on Fri, 05/25/2018 - 11:11

According to the information of the General Directorate of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection in the Kyiv region, a corpse of a domestic pig has been found in the trench on the roadside of the Polok microdistrict of the Obukhiv district, agronews.ua reported.

In the study of selected samples of biomaterial in the State Research Institute for Laboratory Diagnostics and the Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise (Kyiv), on 21.05.2018 a diagnosis of African swine fever (ASF) was established (report on the results of study No. 005127 p.m./18 of May 21, 2018).

In addition, according to the information of the General Directorate of the tate Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection in the Ternopil region, the disease and the death of pigs were registered in a personal subsidiary farm (Bilokrynytsia village, Zborivskyi district, Ternopil region).

In the study of selected samples of biomaterial in the Lviv Regional State Laboratory of Veterinary Medicine, the DNA of the ASF virus was established on 21.05.2018 (report on the results of the study No. 000587 p.m./18 of 21.05.2018).

In order to coordinate actions to localize and eliminate outbreaks of ASF, a meeting of state emergency antiepizootic commissions was held at the Obukhiv City Council and the Zborivskyi District State Administration, 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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