Page 69 of articles about African Swine Fever

The Polish veterinary authorities have confirmed an outbreak of African swine fever on a farm with 5 domestic pigs located in Gródek (district of Bialystok, province of Podlasie).

Once again, the Latvian veterinary authorities have informed the OIE of the appearance of 9 new outbreaks of African swine fever in the country.

The ninth outbreak, with six wild boars found dead on 15 July is located in the town of Gródek (district of Bialystok, Podlaskie province.

The government of Belarus has confirmed that the country faces a shortage of pig meat due to the African swine fever.

Near Wiejky village, in Podlaskie, a wild boar died of African swine fever was found.

A group of six wild boars were found dead at 4 km from the Polish-Belarusian border.

According to the OIE, four and two new outbreaks of African and Classical swine fever have been detected in one pig and wild boars.

During the meeting paths for recovery of pork product exportation from the European Union into Russia terminated due to African swine fever spread in the EU were discussed.

In order to prevent any unnecessary disturbance to trade it is necessary to establish a list of the restricted zones for African swine fever in Latvia which are the protection and surveillance zones.

The virus mutation resulting in prolonged incubation period (from 5 to 25 days) and general prolongation of the disease caused by different virus isolates.

The development of an effective surveillance requires a collective awareness of the importance of their role, a well-structured organisation...

The EU’s request for the establishment of a WTO panel will presumably be discussed for the first time at a special meeting of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on 10 July 2014.

On June 28 of the current year the Rosselkhoznadzor imposed temporary restrictions on live swine, pork and raw pork products, finished products containing pork, exported from Latvia into Russia.

Competent authority that they had found 2 wild boars dead close to the Belarus border, concretely in Kepovas parish (Kraslavas county).

This is the first time that African swine fever is identified in the history of the country.