New cases of ASF were found in Rivne and Luhansk regions

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

On December 4, 2017 in Ukraine 3 new cases of African swine fever were recorded. This is reported by the press service of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection.

So, in the Rivne region, on the territory of hunting grounds, Sokil LLC (Rivne district) and Tandemsvit LLC (Kostopilskyi district) conducted shooting of wild boars.

In addition, in the Luhansk region in the territory of the Okhtyrskyi hunting farm near the Novoakhtyrka village of the Novoaidarskyi district three dead bodies of wild boars were found.

In all cases, the presence of DNA of the ASF virus was confirmed by laboratory studies.
In the foci of the disease, measures are taken to localize and prevent the spread of the causative agent of the disease.
 

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