On the territory of Zhytomyr region the case of ASF is detected

Submitted by bashun on Wed, 10/11/2017 - 10:30

On October 04, 2017, the Main Department of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection in the Zhytomyr region received a report on the disease of pigs in the personal subsidiary farm of the Holovky village of Malynskyi district of Zhytomyr region.

Veterinary specialists of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection learnt that the farm holds 12 pigs; two pigs were aborted, body temperature was high, rejection of feed was detected.

It was decided to carry out slaughter two pigs, from which the biomaterial was taken and sent to the Zhytomyr Regional Laboratory of Veterinary Medicine of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection for research on pasteurellosis, face and listeriosis.

Sick animals had antibiotic therapy. On October 06, 2017, pigs were slaughtered. At a pathoanatomical autopsy, a suspicion of ASF was discovered. The corpses are burned, the remains are covered with chlorine lime and buried to a depth of 2.5 meters.

The biomaterial was selected and sent to the SRILDVSE in the city of Kiev, later it was reported that the diagnosis was African swine fever (ASF). On October 07, 2017, 7 pigs were slaughtered by a bloodless method, animal corpses were burnt, forced disinfection of the premises where the pigs were kept and the territory of the economic yard were carried out.

Also, the owner seized and disposed of about 45 kg of pig slaughter products. Exposed quarantine posts at the entrance and exit from the settlement. Equipped and disinfected with disinfection, there is a barrier and warning signs. In the decision of the PPP under the Malynskyi Regional State Administration No. 4 of 07.10.2017r. 25 pigs from settlements within the threat zone are slaughtered. As of October 09, 2017, all the pigs were slaughtered and disposed of in the outbreak (7 pigs).

In the protection zone (in the village of Kvitneve, Lidovka, Maklaivka and Chervonyi Lan), 78 pigs were slaughtered, currently there are no live pigs in this zone. The forced disinfection of places of keeping and slaughtering animals is carried out. Quarantine posts continue the joint duty of specialists.

About 10 kg of pork was confiscated and disposed of. The main department of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection in the Zhytomyr region is carrying out measures to eliminate and prevent the spread of the ASF disease.
 

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