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Russia bans pork supplies from Nigeria due to large ASF outbreak

  • 30 Jun 10:56

The Rosselkhoznadzor banned the supply of live pigs and pig products from Nigeria. Restrictions introduced since June 25, 2020. It is clarified that the reason for the ban on pork imports from Nigeria was the deteriorationof the epizootic situation in African swine fever (ASF) in this country.The restrictions also apply to finished products from pork, slaughter products, with the exception of meat products that have undergone processing, which guarantees the destruction of the virus. It is also forbidden to import raw materials from this meat, which is used for the production of feed. In addition, restrictions apply to the importation of live pigs, the embryos of these. Read more...

Russia Reports More ASF in Pigs

  • 10 Dec 12:34

Russia has reported two new outbreaks of African Swine Fever in backyard pigs and wild boar. In total, two cases were reported in backyard pigs fromDudkino, Chuchkovsky, Ryazanskaya region and one case in a wild. Read more...

Russian Reports More ASF

  • 19 Nov 10:49

Three new outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) have been reported in Russian wild boar. In total, ASF was detected in three wild boar found in the. Read more...

Belarus Praised for ASF Measures

  • 19 Nov 10:48

The measures taken in Belarus to prevent African Swine Fever (ASF) are exemplary, said the Head of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Office for Eastern Europe, Kazimieras Lukauskas. “I think the measures taken in Belarus to prevent African swine fever are exemplary. The level of protection at Belarusian farms and pig-breeding facilities is very high. All the measures set out in our regulations are met. Individual farmers also ensure a high level of protection,” Kazimieras Lukauskas noted. OIE specialists also studied the measures taken in Belarus with regards to wild boars,Beltareported. “Here we have no complains either.. Read more...

African Swine Fever – Keep it Out - Truck Hygiene

  • 16 Nov 09:26

To protect your pigs and the farm from African Swine Fever (ASF), it is vital to keep out new pathogens.In part 3 of this series, veterinarians John Carr and Mark Howells, discuss the number three source of pathogens onto your farm - trucks. The number three source of new pathogens is a dirty truck. Number one is the perimeter fence (Part 2 of this series), number two would be the location of the farm and the pathogens in your district. Number three is the vehicles which come to your farm. Back to your farm! What measures have you got in place to ensure vehicles are not a threat to your farm? Do you inspect visiting trucks – in particular animal trucks? Are. Read more...

Russia Accuses EU of Ignoring Advice on Controls for ASF

  • 16 Nov 09:25

The EU has ignored calls from the Russian veterinary authorities for international cooperation to tackle African swine fever in Eastern Europe and Russia. The Russian veterinary authority Rosselkhoznador said that the agency’s advice had “not been heard” and as a consequence ASF got a foothold in the Baltic states and Ukraine and had spread rapidly. A report from Rosselkhoznador said that the large number of small scale enterprises in the region trading in pork also increased the risk of the spread of the virus. Rosselkhoznador said that since ASF was first discovered in the Baltic area the disease had become widespread because of the number of wild. Read more...

More ASF Reported in Russia

  • 2 Nov 10:23

A new outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been reported in Russia. The outbreak in Mikhail, Ryazanskaya,. Read more...

More Wild Boar Dead from ASF in Russia

  • 29 Sep 08:33

There has been an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in a conservation area in Russia. Two wild boar died and four were destroyed out of a susceptible population of 100. The outbreak occurred in theFederal Centre for Animal Health Oksky State Nature Biosphere Reserve,. Read more...

More Russian Village Pigs Test Positive for ASF

  • 22 Sep 10:35

An outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been discovered in a swine herd in the village of Velikodvorsky, Gus Hrustalnyi, Vladimirskaya region. Of the 29 pigs susceptible in the village herd, three cases were reported leading to three deaths and the destroyment of the. Read more...

Further Backyard Pigs Dead From ASF in Ukraine,more Wild Boar Killed by ASF in Estonia and 34 ASF Outbreaks Reported in Latvia

  • 10 Sep 13:41

There has been another outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) on a backyard pig holding in Ukraine.Seven pigs died in the outbreak and another pig was destroyed. Stamping out has been conducted in the area.The outbreak occurred in Maksymivka village, in Chernigov province. There have been eight more outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Estonia.Thirteen wild boar died from the disease across the eight outbreaks.The outbreaks occurred in the provinces of Viljandi, Vöru, Pölva and Jögeva. Two pigs and 22 wild boar died in the most recent African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreaks reported in Latvia.Only two of the 34 outbreaks occurred in pigs, with the rest. Read more...