The first outbreak of ASF since the beginning of the year was discovered in the Nizhny Novgorod region

The ASF virus was isolated from samples of pathological carcass material on Tuesday, May 30th. The next day, the commission for the protection of the Nizhny Novgorod region from the introduction of infectious animal diseases, headed by the HEAD of the department of veterinary supervision, Igor Zyuzin, met.

Owners of private farmsteads are advised not to use grass from meadows and forests to feed domestic pigs, purchase feed for them with accompanying documents and equip premises for keeping animals with disinfectant mats. Pig farms are switching to a closed mode of keeping livestock.