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On Saturday, July 14, an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) was detected in a backyard farm in the Rural Municipality of Bukaiši in Tērvete. Due to the disease, 16 domestic pigs will be eliminated, the Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) informed.
Quarantine is defined as a protection zone within a radius of three kilometers and a surveillance zone within a radius of ten kilometers around the affected farm. . Existing sites in this area will intensify monitoring of compliance with the registration and biosecurity requirements of pigs and the health status of pigs as well as the movement of vehicles. The owners of pig poultry in the protection and surveillance zone of the PVD recall that it is forbidden to move the pigs from the farm to the farm and to remove the pigs and pigs out of the protection zone. This summer, an outbreak of ASF in domestic pigs affected six counties in five municipalities in six parishes.
In service, domestic pig breeders point out that the risk of transmitting viruses to domestic hog farms is considerably higher. Pigs have sprouted piglets born in the spring, keeping the population of wild pigs and the presence of the virus in the wild, while in orchards and meadows where wild pigs tend to fall, an herb is grown, which the pigs do not spare pigs.
pigs of African swine fever and their inevitable elimination must strictly observe the biosecurity measures:
- preventing the direct and indirect contact of pigs with wild and stray animals;
- prevent the entry of wild birds into pig farms and forage places of worship;
- Animals should not be fed with grbad (including grbad mowed in the yards!), Uncooked potatoes, etc.
- Only animals intended for this purpose should be used for the care of animals, clothing and footwear that are not worn outside the premises;
- at the entrance to the shed should ensure the disinfection of shoes, as well as regular cleaning and disinfection measures in the shed. In addition, vehicles entering the territory of the farm must be carefully disinfected
- When the pig seems unhealthy, a veterinarian must be immediately called
African swine fever was detected in Latvia in June 2014 for three wild boars. a few meters from the Belarusian border. It is a very dangerous disease, and all the hog herd should be killed in a pig slaughterhouse where the disease has been detected. For people, the disease is not dangerous.
