Two cases of ASF a registered in households in Sumy region
Death of pigs were registered on September 10 2015 in households in Buryn and Hvyntove, Sumy region.
The State Veterinary and Biosecurity Service of Ukraine has reported, referring to the chief department of veterinary medicine in Sumy region, that two dead pigs subsequently tested positive for African Swine Fever (ASF).
Meetings of the public emergency anti-epizootic commissions at Buryn district administration and Sumy regional administration were held to coordinate actions to localize and liquidate the ASF outbreak.
The ASF virus is the causative agent of ASF. The virus causes a hemorrhagic fever with high mortality rates in pigs, but persistently infects its natural hosts, warthogs, bushpigs and soft ticks of the Ornithodoros genus, without any visible symptoms. There is currently no vaccine against ASF.
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