Abstract
African swine fever (ASF) is a particularly dangerous viral infectious disease causing great damage to pig breeding due to high contagiousness, lethality and need for complete elimination of infected and healthy pigs in the epizootic focus and the threatened zone. The article describes the data on epizootic monitoring of ASF in the Altai Krai for the last nine years. The current legislative acts on the basis of which measures are taken to combat and prevent the disease are presented. The results of laboratory tests for the presence of the ASF pathogen of biological material, plant feed, raw materials and finished products of pig breeding imported from other entities of the Russian Federation are presented. The main preventive measures against carrying ASF carried out by the veterinary service are described. Thanks to the comprehensive preventive work of the veterinary service, the Altai Krai remains a prosperous region for ASF.
Highlights
African swine fever (ASF) is a dangerous and widespread infectious disease of all types of pigs, including domestic, ornamental and wild boars
To monitor epizootological safety for ASF in the Altai Krai, generally accepted methods were used, including those described in the Order of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation No 258 dated 23.07.2010 "On approval of the Rules for determining the zoosanitary status of pig farms, as well as organizations engaged in pig slaughter, processing and storage of pig products" and the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No 2048-r dated September 30, 2016 "On approval of the action plan for preventing the introduction of African swine fever into the territory of the Russian Federation and its spread in the territory of the Russian Federation" [8,9,10]
Since 2007, pork production in the Russian Federation has been constantly growing, and the main increase is due to an increase in the number of livestock at industrial enterprises
Summary
African swine fever (ASF) is a dangerous and widespread infectious disease of all types of pigs, including domestic, ornamental and wild boars. In the 20th century, the causative agent of the disease was repeatedly brought to Europe and America, but outbreaks of infection were successfully eliminated, in some countries it took decades. After another introduction of the virus to Georgia in 2007, it spread widely in the European part of the continent [4, 5]
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