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Vigorous enforcement of the EU-wide ban on swill feeding is essential.

Switzerland forbids the importation of live pigs, and of swine semen, ova and embryos, as well as of wild boar meat.

Based on the meeting results it was agreed to arrange a mutual control during the wild fauna monitoring and exchange of relevant information.

The outbreak has been confirmed in a wild boar located in Kruszyniany.

The Chinese party addressed to the Rosselkhoznadzor with the request to inspect pork production establishments of Heilundzyan province to authorize them for export of their products to Russia.

The Russian party said that the proposed regionalization which implies restrictions to be imposed only on six regions of Lithuania is not an only unbalanced decision but taking into account the ASF registration in Poland not actual anymore.

Decision 2014/100/EU shall apply until 14 March 2014.

It is appropriate to limit the obligation to clean and disinfect trucks only to those trucks transporting live animals.

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

Protective measures relating to African swine fever in Lithuania are extended until April 30.

Apart from the previously announced two positive cases no more infection of the dangerous contagious disease was detected.

The most probable source of the virus in the farm «L’vov A.L.» is the breeding factory «Lasarevskoye», Tul’skaya Oblast.

Latest scientific evidence shows that these two Lithuanian cases of ASF are linked to the unsuccessful attempts to control the prolonged presence of ASF in the western regions of Russia.

Finished pork products or products containing pork, raw material of animal origin (of porcine origin) intended for the production of feed for pets and fur animals from 6 February 2014 can be supplied from the EU plants to Russia only provided a number of conditions are complied with.

As part of the Global Framework for Transboundary Animal Diseases FAO in collaboration with the OIE organized a training session to improve regional veterinary services in the Balkans and the Caucasus.

It was decided to stop issuing veterinary certificates for products exported from Lugansk, Kharkov and Donetsk Oblasts.