Kostroma quarantines: African swine fever finally reached the Buysky district

The other day, "MK in Kostroma" already reported on the measures that Rossklkhzoznadzor in the Ivanovo and Kostroma regions recommended to pig breeders in order to prevent infection of their pigs with the ASF virus (African swine fever).

Alas and ah! — these warnings came too late: the first case of ASF has already been recorded in the Buysky district: an animal infected with the ASF virus died in a subsidiary farm in the village of Voskresenye. Now, quarantine has been established around this village and veterinary posts have been set up on the roads - all vehicles must pass through a pile of sawdust soaked in a special disinfectant.

it is worth noting that the ASF virus is, firstly, very tenacious (it can remain on the surface of shoes and tires for up to 12 months) and secondly, it is invulnerable (there is no vaccine against it) and thirdly, it is deadly for animals - even if the pig survives after infection (and this rarely happens - only in 10% of cases), then it will still have to be slaughtered, since such an animal becomes a carrier of infection.

For humans, the ASF virus is not physically dangerous, but economically it is very dangerous, because it promises huge losses for pig farmers - after all, the only way to stop the ASF epidemic is to introduce the strictest quarantine (at least for a month) and slaughter the entire population of pigs ...

The outbreak of ASF does not bode well for wild animals - since wild boars are also carriers of ASF, licenses to shoot them will be generously issued ...

Meanwhile, ROSSELKHOZNADZOR specialists are now figuring out where the ASF virus could have got into the Buisky district - and they are blaming the neighbors from the Yaroslavl region - there an outbreak of ASF was recorded in the village of Ermakovo, and the village of Voskresenye is not far from the road connecting Ermakovo and Bui.