Suspicions of hiding an ASF outbreak have been removed from the Pskov region

The controlling federal agency removed suspicions about the concealment of an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) from a large pig-breeding complex in the Pskov region. One of the enterprises where the livestock of animals suffered from this disease will receive insurance in the amount of 0.5 billion rubles, Governor Mikhail Vedernikov said on Tuesday live on the Ekho Moskvy in Pskov radio station.

At the end of October, the press service of the ROSSELKHOZNADZOR announced that the agency suspects one of the largest pig farms in the Pskov region, Pskovagroinvest, of hiding the outbreak of ASF for two months. To clarify the circumstances of the incident, the authorities of the region previously created a special commission.

“A lot of work has been done by us, colleagues from the Ministry of Internal Affairs have provided us with serious support. Together with our company, we figured out everything in detail and proved it to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation and Rosselkhoznadzor. Colleagues accepted our arguments, there are no questions for us now, ”the governor explained.

This year, the Shelonsky production site in the Porkhov district, where 36,000 pigs were destroyed, became a major outbreak of ASF in the region. The outbreak was also detected at the Idavang LLC enterprise in the Ostrovsky district. Since July 14, a regional emergency regime has been introduced in a number of municipalities of the Pskov region in connection with the epizootic of the disease. Earlier, the authorities of the region estimated the preliminary damage from ASF at 500 million rubles. In early December, the state of emergency was lifted.

“The outbreak of ASF, which was at two large enterprises of the agro-industrial complex, we have dealt with this issue. And now, if we talk about Idavang, the livestock there was insured, they will receive almost half a billion in insurance payments. If we talk about Pskovagroinvest, there will be a modernization of existing areas. We will also definitely help our investor in this part,” Vedernikov said.

African swine fever is an infectious disease with an incubation period of up to two weeks. Its carriers are animals. The virus enters the body through food, wounds on the skin, mucous membranes, insect bites. Cases of human infection have not been registered, but scientists do not exclude such a risk.