Вирус африканской чумы

Недавние события в южном округе Грос-Герау, Германия, вновь привлекли внимание к угрозе, которую представляет вирус африканской чумы свиней (АЧС) для свиноводства. Вирус был подтвержден в двух стадах домашних свиней, что вызывает серьезные опасения как у фермеров, так и у властей. В данной статье мы подробно рассмотрим ситуацию, меры, принимаемые для сдерживания вируса, и потенциальные последствия...

African swine fever virus ( ASF ) causes a fatal disease in pigs. It is a large and complex virus , the only member of the family Asfarviridae, genus Asfivirus. The ASF virus has several layers surrounding a dense core containing its DNA genome. Currently, scientists in several countries are working on creating a vaccine against ASF; Russian veterinary science can also contribute to the fight agai...

Poultry production in Serbia is booming, especially in terms of local livestock production, Ivan Stanojlovic, chairman of the Serbian Poultry Association, told local channel AgroTV. While the African swine fever virus has crippled the pig industry and the livestock industry has been struggling for decades, poultry farmers are thriving. Poultry farmers currently almost completely meet the demand on...

It was clarified that the store in the ninth microdistrict belongs to a federal retail chain. The product was manufactured at a meat processing plant in the Vladimir region. One sample was collected. "Based on laboratory testing, the genome of the African swine fever virus was detected in the sample," the statement said. As a result, the outlet was closed for quarantine .......

"The African swine fever virus dies at a temperature of +78 degrees. Therefore, heat-treated meat is safe for humans. At the same time, the virus does not die when frozen or rotting. ASF causes serious economic damage to agriculture, which is why meat is removed from stores and then burned - to destroy foci of infection," explains Grigory Komlatsky. African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious...

According to data as of early August, the total number of livestock in pig farms in the Krasnodar Territory decreased by 22.7 thousand year-on-year - to 675.4 thousand. The African swine fever virus is spreading from the north, capturing new territories. In epizootic foci and endangered zones of four districts of the Krasnodar Territory, tens of thousands of animals will have to be destroyed. In t...

According to the Rosselkhoznadzor , in 2022 the total number of outbreaks was 48. A group of researchers, which included a scientist from the Perm Polytechnic University, created a project for an automated system for the rapid determination of African and classical swine fever antigens. Timely detection of the virus will prevent its spread and ensure a stable situation in the field of animal healt...

Monitoring is underway at the FSIS "Mercury" to identify the receipt of pig products from disadvantaged regions on the territory of the republic. In addition, together with law enforcement agencies, work is being carried out to identify and suppress the unauthorized movement of live animals, products and raw materials by all modes of transport, including those that have not undergone industrial or...

Alexander Pokhodin, First Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, stated that as of Thursday morning, March 30, 3,460 pigs had been alienated in the region. In the villages of Marinino (Kuraginsky district) and Karatuzskoye (Karatuzsky district), the process has not yet been completed. 18 tons of meat products were seized from producers and processors. As it turned out, the ow...

After the discovery of ASF, quarantine was established on the territory of the epizootic focus and the threatened zone. “All pigs in this outbreak are killed by a bloodless method, the carcasses are burned. Manure, feed residues, inventory, as well as dilapidated premises, wooden floors, etc., are also destroyed in the source of infection. The population will be compensated for the losses,” the pr...

Earlier, the federal service reported that in 2022, 141 outbreaks of ASF disease were registered in Russia, 68 in the population of domestic pigs, which is two times lower than in 2021, as reported by Parlamentskaya Gazeta. In 2023, the situation with ASF in the country remains unfavorable, although controlled, the department noted. According to new data, outbreaks have been recorded in the Primor...

African swine fever (ASF) virus was detected in the carcass of a wild boar found in the urban area of ​​the free city of Cottbus, south of Gallinghen (Golink). The location is south of the A15 within the existing Core Zone 6, so this new case does not represent a new epidemiological situation.

It's like hunting, only the task is not to kill the beast, but to take a medical test from it. To do this, the animals are first fed and closed in a corral, and then you need to scare the boar properly so that he drives himself into a trap out of fear. Veterinarians can now swab the animal. Recently, doctors are forced to do this more and more often. Already in two regions of Russia, new outbreaks...

African swine fever virus invades new territories of the Kostroma region. The last outbreak was identified in the district center Makaryev, where after the death of pigs in a personal subsidiary plot, the presence of the genetic material of the ASF pathogen in the tissues of dead animals was laboratory confirmed. After the introduction of quarantine, two settlements of the neighboring Neisky distr...

In neighboring regions in the Orenburg region, outbreaks of a dangerous virus have been recorded. Farms are losing money. Pigs are dying in the Chelyabinsk, Samara regions and Bashkortostan. Both wild and domestic. This was reported in the Orenburg department of Rosselkhoznadzor, calling the situation in Russia tense. Animals are mowed down by the African swine fever virus. For humans, it is not d...

In Ugra, on the territory of the city of Nyagan, an outbreak of African swine fever was detected. This was announced on May 11 on his page on the social network VKontakte by the head of the city Ivan Yamashev. “I want to note right away that African swine fever is absolutely safe for people. The virus only causes economic damage associated with the slaughter of livestock and the disposal of buildi...

The West is hitting sanctions on one sector of the Russian economy after another. However, they still bypass the agricultural business. It is unlikely that the authors of the bans are trying to prevent famine in Africa and Asia, which threatens to break out without Russian bread - in this case, foreign farmers will be the winners. What if the West saved the most painful blow for last resort? And h...

In the Orenburg district of the Orenburg region, the fact of African swine fever was detected. This was reported in the Department of Rosselkhoznadzor for the region. 15 dead domestic pigs were found on the territory of forest hunting grounds. Laboratory examination showed that they were all sick. The African swine fever (ASF) virus was detected in the animals. Quarantine measures are currently be...

Many argue that despite the coronavirus, the decline in oil prices and the global lockdown, the Russian economy has weathered 2020 well. Meatinfo.ru tried to figure out how COVID-19 affected the pork market in Russia. The head of the M16.TECH platform, which includes the Meatinfo information and analytical portal, Sergey Pavlyuchenko notes that the pig sector has proven its readiness to withstand ...

Until June 1, the Government froze prices for sugar, until October 1 - for sunflower oil. Now it has decided to take up poultry meat, which has risen in price by almost 20% since the beginning of the year. Exact figures are not yet known. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, by the end of 2021, a “purchase price corridor” will be established, taking into account seasonality. Would freezing he...

Permians crashed in the suburbs On the Robinson helicopter that crashed in Lytkarino near Moscow, in addition to the pilot, there were 22-year-old Semyon Sadkov and 21-year-old Christina Kisel. They are both from the Perm region. The information was confirmed to RBC Perm by the relatives of the deceased. The girl's father is a clergyman Ioann Kisel, and the boy's father is the owner of a metal pro...

Despite statements by some politicians that the African swine fever virus will not affect meat production in any way, in view of the relatively high production index compared to last year, ASF remains the main problem of pig production. Experts note that it is precisely because of ASF that Russia currently has the lowest increase in meat production over the past 15 years. Top ASF news for the past...

The African swine fever (ASF) virus was found in products that were stored at the warehouse of the Voronezh logistics company OOO Derzhavin. According to local media, meat infected with the ASF virus was brought to the warehouse of LLC Derzhavin from the Bryansk pig-breeding enterprise LLC Druzhba. It is planned to introduce ASF quarantine at the infected facility until October 7. Interfax failed ...

Yaroslavl farmers are advised to switch to alternative types of animal husbandry due to the situation with ASF On the territory of the Yaroslavl region, restrictive measures continue to be in place in connection with the spread of African swine fever. The number of foci of ASF infection has reached 27 - the genetic material of the virus was detected in 13 municipal districts of the region. By decr...

China's Ministry of Agriculture will no longer require small pig farms to obtain a government environmental permit before raising pigs as the country seeks to rebuild its pig herd after the ASF outbreak. Reuters reports that the move, which will reduce costs and red tape for small farmers, comes as China tries to get them back into pig farming. The deadly African swine fever virus wiped out about ...

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the number of pigs in China increased by 23.5% in May 2021 compared to the same period last year. Reuters reports that data from the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture shows that the sow herd increased by 19.3% over the same period, reaching 98.4% of the herd at the end of 2......

The second outbreak of African swine fever since the beginning of the year has been registered in western Poland. An epizootic focus in the Miedzyhud region (Greater Poland Voivodeship) emerged on May 26 on a farm with 3,000 pigs, 110 kilometers from the German-Polish border. Recently, in the immediate vicinity of the infected pig farm, three more outbreaks were recorded. On the territory of the W...