Seven animals diagnosed with African swine fever in Moscow region
KRASNOGORSK. July 16 (Interfax) - Seven animals have been diagnosed with African swine fever in three districts of the Moscow region since the beginning of the disease's outbreak, deputy head of the regional veterinarian authority Nikolai Levkovich told Interfax.
"The infected animals have been found in the Lotoshino, Volokolamsk and Klin districts of the Moscow region. We have to protect our farms from the virus, so we are disseminating information about the disease in local communities, monitoring pig farms and testing pigs for the African swine virus," Levkovich said.
The first cordon against the African swine virus was placed in the village of Osheikinskoye in the Lotoshino district and it was prohibited to keep pigs there, he said. "The entire pig population will be slaughtered in the village. In fact, practically no pigs are left there at this time," the official said.
The second cordon was placed in certain villages of the Klin, Volokolamsk, Lotoshino and Shakhovo districts. It is possible to keep pigs there but farm security has to be tight.
"Certainly, the situation is now worse than it was last year and a number of pigs have been infected in the Moscow region. But we are in control. It is our primary objective to prevent the spread of the virus to farms and any damage to the animal husbandry industry," Levkovich said.
