At Vinnytsia about prevention measures
African swine fever epizootic situation of ASF in neighboring countries and in Ukraine remains tense and tends to escalate. In Russia ACHS registered in 5 of 8 federal districts which revealed more than 744 cases of illness including 29 since the beginning of 2015. In liquidationth outbreaks have destroyed more than 1 million. pigs. This economic losses amounted to more than 2 billion. US dollars. In 2014 the Republic of Belarus ACHS entered in Eastern Europe and the Baltic (Poland (68 cases), Lithuania (85 cases), Latvia (over 280 cases), Estonia (43 cases). Since 2012 in Ukraine zareyesttogether for 26 cases including: 2012 Zaporizhia region 1 case; 2014 Lugansk region 4 cases; 2014 Chernihiv oblast 11 cases; 2014 Sumska 1 case; During 2015 the disease was registered in Zhytomyr (1 case), Kiev (2 cases), Rivne (1 case), Chernihiv (5 cases) areas. PThe idea is to be noted that in Ukraine all cases ACHS registered within the dangerous zone (area bordering the Russian Federation and Belarus) majority of outbreaks in the border (50 km) area. One of the main causes of spread of African swine fever in Ukraine is a widespread pathogen of patientslike the wild boar. So of the 29 cases this year 16 was found in wild fauna. With the elimination of outbreaks among wild boars carried out drastic measures, such as depopulation of wild boars. So in 2014, when outbreaks of disease in the Luhansk region during January - April was vidstrilyano 541 head of wild pigs in the Meadowanskiy and 564 head of Donetsk region. In Chernihiv region in the period from 31.08.2014r. Nowadays vidstrilyano to 612 heads, in Brovary district of Kyiv region during the month of May 2015 vidstrilyano 296 heads of wild pigs All carcasses vidstrilyanyh during depopulation boars were disposed of by burned. What AfrikaansCountry swine fever? Infection of pigs ASF virus detected in 1903. in South Africa. The term passage of animals after infection to manifestation of clinical signs of disease (incubation period) can take 3 to 15 days. In acute disease - 5-9 days. This is an extremely contagious viral disease of pigs of all ages, characterized fromdebilshoho acute course and is manifested by fever, significant hemorrhage, cyanosis and necrosis of the skin, internal organs and experiences high mortality, leading to significant economic losses. Characteristic for the disease are the following features: - The sudden death of the animal, in the absence of clinical manifestations; - Fever bodiesand the 40.5 - 42 degrees C; - Loss of appetite, drowsiness, fatigue, pelvic limb weakness, unsteady gait, increased thirst, animals lie buried in litter; - Asthma, cough, vomiting, diarrhea (sometimes with blood), often constipation, mucous discharge from the eyes and nose, pelvic limb paralysis, possible abortion of females; - Leather and cyanosisreddish - purple spots belly, pidhrudka, scrotum, ears, Piglet and extremities; The disease covers 40-65% of livestock animals 85-100% of them dying within 6-13 days. If you notice similar symptoms to immediately notify a veterinarian! Infection occurs through direct pig contact (from pigs to pigs). Indirectly: - bysoil, neznezarazheni feed, care and maintenance items, waste water vehicles; stray animals, birds, insects and staff. - When feeding food waste containing products of slaughter of sick or infected animals. People do not suffer from ASF, suffering only domestic and wild pigs, regardless of breed, age and sex. At Daysanyy time effective vaccine for this disease exists. ACHS distinguish from similar diseases: classical swine fever (CSF), reproductive - respiratory syndrome pigs (RRSS), erysipelas and pasteurellosis can only specialist veterinary medicine. However, ASF is the basis of diagnosis of pathological laboratory research material. If you do not report underozru at ACHS disease can quickly spread to neighboring farms, causing significant economic losses due to death of pigs and eliminate all svynopoholiv'ya in the region. In the case of confirmation of an outbreak, veterinary service carries out quarantine measures to prevent spread of the disease by rapid humane, bezkrovnoho slaughter of all pigs in the area where the disease broke out, (epizootic stake in a radius of 3 km.) with natupnym burning animal carcasses, mechanical cleaning and disinfection of premises and territories pig. In the protection zone of a radius of 3 to 20 km. Epizootic foci prohibited from sale, free movement (vygulnyh) maintenance Usedezkontrolnyy slaughter pigs. In the area of ??oversight - the area surrounding the boundaries of the first zone radius of 20 to 150 km. conducting all accounting poholivya pigs in farms of all forms of ownership and wild pigs, followed by enhanced supervision over them. Financial damages due to removal of animal owners compensated by Koshing the reserve fund of the state budget. To prevent skidding ASF virus in the economy should: - Keep pigs indoors, avoiding their walking and contact with other animals; - Service animals only variable overalls using individual care and equipment; - Do not allow visits to farms andlivestock premises to third parties; - Not to buy animals in undesignated this mischyah without accompanying veterinary documents; - Patients not scored pigs and not to process carcasses of diseased animals; - Do not keep pigs in the private sector, if you are a hunter of wild pigs; - No pigs fed food waste mistyat? pork products or slaughter without provaryuvannya. This was reported in the Vinnytsia Regional State AdministrationSource: http://artlife.rv.ua/