ASF virus recorded in Poltava region

12:17, 18.12.2015 1 min read

A case of African Swine Fever (ASF) was recorded in a household in Dzerzhynske in Poltava region, the State Veterinary and Biosecurity Service of Ukraine has reported.

The service said that five pigs out of 44 pigs died.

On December 17, the tests showed that this is ASF.

The situation is under permanent control of the chief department of veterinary medicine in Poltava region and the State Veterinary and Biosecurity Service of Ukraine.

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.