PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER
As a result of laboratory investigations, the Rosselkhoznadzor Maritime Inter-Blast Veterinary Laboratory confirmed the presence of DNA from the African Pig Plague (ACS) virus in the wild and in private accessories in the Primorsky Territory. In all of 2019, 50 APC flares were recorded, although the province was previously considered to be a APC success. Veterinary specialists of the Primorsky Krai region in April 2020 managed to eliminate all pockets of African plague of pigs. In April 2020, the Russian veterinary specialists of the Primorskaya Krai region managed to eliminate all pockets of African pig plague. However, by mid-2020, Primorje experienced new outbreaks of APC, with 45 cases recorded by early autumn. The disease can occur at any time of the year. The source of the ACS causative agent is sick and sick pigs. Since the virus can spread not only with infected viral animals, including the incubation period, but also through various infected objects, the products of the infected pigs are particularly dangerous (meat, meat products, lard, blood, bones, hides, etc.). Virus-infected food and combat wastes used to feed pigs without careful venting have in most cases infected pigs with the African plague. Natural and legal persons who are the owners (owners) of pigs are obliged to carry out preventive measures to prevent the emergence and spread of ACS.