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Thursday, 18.04.2024, 03:43
ASF detected on pig farm in Estonia’s Laane County
The veterinary watchdog got a call on Monday morning saying that increased
mortality had been detected on the farm. The previous time VTA examined the
farm for ASF was at the end of August and no breaches in biosecurity were
detected at the time.
On Tuesday morning VTA lab confirmed that ASF was on the farm, after which
the farm was quarantined.
An epidemiological expertise is being carried out on the farm to find out
how the virus reached the farm. In addition, the pigs are to be killed and the
carcasses disposed of by AS Vireen.
ASF is widely spread in Estonia's neighboring countries. By today the virus
has reached 75 Polish farms as well as eight Lithuanian farms, including a farm
with 25,000 pigs. In Latvia six cases of ASF in domestic pigs have been
registered this year, while in Estonia it has been detected on three farms this
year.