Ukraine: Leptospirosis of pigs was detected in the Stepovoye breeding farm

An outbreak of leptospirosis occurred on a pig farm of the state enterprise "Stepovoe Breeding Speaker" in the village of the same name in the Nikolaevsky district of the Nikolaev region.

By the decision of the anti-epizootic commission, created under the district administration on April 2, the territory of the breeding reproducer was declared unfavorable for pig leptospirosis, one of the zoonoses that cause enormous economic damage to livestock enterprises. 

The occurrence of foci of leptospirosis automatically entails a ban on the EXPORT of pork. At pig farms where this disease has been detected, the sale of breeding young animals and the uncontrolled regrouping of livestock are prohibited. Sick and recovered animals can excrete the pathogen in the urine for up to 24 months. The bacteria that causes leptospirosis affects many species of animals and humans.

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