Bulgaria: A farm pig in Saedinenie died of ASF

Published Sep 27, 2021

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A pig on a private farm in Saedinenie, Bulgaria, has died from African swine fever. The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency has confirmed the disease and is implementing measures to prevent its spread. These measures include disinfection of pig farms, analysis of blood samples, and restrictions on the movement of domestic pigs in the Plovdiv region. The owner of the infected pig is being investigated for not reporting the disease.
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A pig on a private farm in the town of Saedinenie died of African swine fever. Subsequently, after a laboratory blood test, it was found that it was infected with this disease, said the press center of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency. No other pigs were kept on the farm. "We will not kill all the pigs in the 3-kilometer zone, which practically covers only the town of Saedinenie," the director of the Regional Directorate for Food Safety, Dr. Ivan Shikov, told Agro Plovdiv. "We will proceed with this measure only if there are animals with signs of the disease or if there is another backyard pig farm next to the yard with the infected animal," he said. The other small pig farmers both in Saedinenie and in the 10-kilometer zone around the town - Pravishte, Nedelevo, Tseretelevo, Naiden Gerovo, Lyuben, Dragomir, Golyam Chardak, Malak Chardak, Voysil, Tsalapitsa, Pishtigovo, Krali Marko, Chernogorovo, Topoli dol - will receive instructions for disinfection of the premises where pigs ...
Source: Agroplovdiv

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