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First case of African swine fever found in Latvian sea-side resort town Jurmala
BC, Riga, 14.10.2016.
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Print versionThe Latvian Food and Veterinary Service (PVD) found 11 new cases of African swine fever (ASF) among wild boars in Latvia this week, including the first ASF case in Jurmala, a sea-side resort town in central Latvia, PVD said LETA.
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Thus, so far this year African swine fever has been found in 851 wild boars in 211 counties in 65 regions, as well as in three towns in Latvia – Rezekne, Plavinas and Jurmala. This year ASF have also been discovered among domestic pigs in three farms - one in Varkava region and two in Gulbene region - where 50, 142 and 119 pigs respectively had to be culled in order to contain the disease.
The ASF outbreak started in Latvia in June 2014 not far from the border with Belarus.
African swine fever is an extremely dangerous and contagious virus infection affecting pigs. If an infected pig is found in a farm, all pigs in the particular farm have to be culled, which means big losses for farmers.
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