2840 ASF samples were examined by PCR in Primorskaya MVL in May

In particular, 2372 samples of biomaterial obtained from domestic pigs (blood serum, blood and pathological material), 113 samples of feed for pigs and 235 samples of MEAT products (pork), 120 samples - washings from equipment were examined.

According to the results of PCR studies, the genetic material of the African swine fever virus was found in 32 samples of pathological material from domestic pigs and in one sample of pig feed.

African swine fever is a transboundary disease that kills millions of pigs and causes huge economic losses around the world.

The virus is resistant to physical and chemical factors, can be transmitted with slaughter products of sick pigs, infected feed, water, untreated food and slaughterhouse waste, and contaminated bedding. Carriers can be blood-sucking insects, ticks, as well as attendants. There is no vaccine against ASF , so control measures are based on the detection of infection (virus and/or specific antibodies) using laboratory methods, the destruction of all pigs in the ASF outbreak, disinfection and quarantine.