The Ministry of Agriculture approved new veterinary rules for leptospirosis

Veterinary rules contain measures to prevent the disease, requirements for diagnosis, prescribe what to do if an infection is suspected and what restrictions and actions follow when introducing quarantine.

Thus, for prevention, among other things, the rules establish routine serological tests for leptospirosis in susceptible animals. In breeding farms, production animals should be checked for leptospirosis 2 times a year, and cows, heifers, sheep and goats, sows and mares – once a year. According to the new veterinary regulations, animals received at the farm must be kept in quarantine for 30 days.

To prevent leptospirosis, the rules require vaccination of susceptible animals on farms of all forms of ownership.

The rules indicate how to collect samples for diagnosis of leptospirosis and what research methods to use.

When the diagnosis of leptospirosis is confirmed, quarantine is introduced , an epizootic focus and an unfavorable point are determined.

The rules do not establish exact quarantine periods. Quarantine can be lifted after the death, slaughter or recovery of the last sick animal upon receipt of laboratory test results, the document says.

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Leptospirosis is an infectious disease of cattle , pigs, horses, sheep, goats, dogs, foxes, arctic foxes, and nutria.

Clinical signs of the disease: icteric staining of the mucous membranes, skin (in pigs it is observed only in newborn piglets), fever, necrosis of the mucous membranes and skin, hemoglobinuria, hematuria, anemia, atony of the gastrointestinal tract, abortion, birth of still or non-viable offspring. The disease may be asymptomatic.