A new focus of African swine fever was discovered in one of the regions of Primorye

“DNA of African swine fever was detected in the examined blood samples from 14 live domestic pigs and samples of pathological material obtained from two dead animals from a farm in the village of Borisovka, Ussuri urban district,” the report says.

This is the third outbreak of ASF discovered in the Primorsky Territory since the beginning of 2023. Earlier, ASF was detected at the Leninsky-2 pig farm of Rusagro-Primorye LLC. BeforeA wild boar with African swine fever was found in the Khasansky district of Primorye.

it is not yet possible to protect animals from this disease - there is no vaccine. Therefore, to protect them, owners should give them only boiled food, not use bedding made from forest grasses and branches, and regularly poison rats and mice. The virus is not dangerous for humans .