13. The country fireplace ASF in pigs was detected in Lublin – Onet.pl

The farm, which was detected ASF, there were 26 pigs; the animals were euthanized and disposed of. He added Jażdżewski, was also disposed of feed, litter, and equipment and appliances disinfected or burnt.

According to procedures around the farm will be designated restricted zone: aerated zone covering an area with a radius of 3 km from the ASF and the fire danger zone – a radius of 7 km. The farms in these areas will be carried out inspections and samples for testing; animals can not be, for about a month, released from the farms.

Bonfire ASF in the municipality in the Forest Podlaska is another in the province. Lublin (Friday Chief Veterinary Inspectorate announced the detection of outbreaks of ASF in the municipality of Janow Podlaski).

This 13 . outbreak of the disease since the beginning of the presence of African swine fever in Poland, that is, from February 2014. Since the beginning of August almost every veterinary services inform subsequent outbreaks of ASF in pigs. Almost all they reported in Podlaskie. Veterinary services and the police agree, which could be a source of transmission of the virus ASF to these farms. Everything indicates that the guilty man.

Chief Veterinary Officer (GVI) on Friday appealed to farmers to They reported to the county veterinarian clinics or animal cases of the purchase of pigs, which did not have the required health certificates at the market in the village Falcons (Podlasie), in the period from 11 July to 12 August. As stated in the communication, notification and the opportunity to explore pigs purchased there may be the key to inhibit the spread of ASF.

GVI also appealed to farmers not to buy pigs of unknown origin, especially from dealers and traffickers and to farms implemented rules bioasekuracji. Especially to pigs kept in a way which avoids contact with feral pigs, feeding them feed the animals protected from free-living and pay attention to safety and how to store straw.

Head GVI also draws attention to the need for disinfectant mats lining front entrances and departures from farms and the entrances to the premises where pigs are kept. Mats are to be maintained in a condition for the effectiveness of the disinfectant.

In connection with the new outbreaks of ASF in pigs the European Commission has increased in Poland zone, which is governed by stringent rigors (protected area). The zone has already emerged out of Podlaskie (including where the majority of counties) and extended also to the part of the provinces of Lublin and Warsaw.