Veterinarians have identified new cases of African swine fever in three regions of Ukraine.
In particular, Kirovohrad, Kyiv and Mykolaiv regions reportedly have cases of African swine fever (ASF), according to the press service of the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection.
The press service noted that on December 10 in a private joint-stock company in the Kirovohrad region, experts recorded an outbreak of the virus. A week later, ASF was detected in wild boars in one of the hunting farms of the Kyiv region. In the Mykolaiv region, in the village of Novopetrivske, African plague was detected in the private sector in domestic pigs.
The diagnosis was laboratory confirmed in all animals.
In general, over the past 8 years, 537 cases of African swine fever have been registered in Ukraine.
To the State Food and Consumer Service, measures are being taken in the foci of the disease to localize and prevent the spread of the causative agent of the virus.
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