Another swine fever outbreak reported in Ukraine's Cherkasy region

In total, 163 ASF outbreaks were registered in Ukraine in 2017.

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Ukraine's State Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service says veterinary experts have reported another African swine fever (ASF) outbreak in Cherkasy region's Smila district.

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In particular, one ASF case was registered in the said region for the reporting period from December 12 to December 19. Corpses of domestic pigs (the owner is not identified) were found at a distance of about four kilometers from the village of Serdyukivka, according to the agency's press service.

Lab tests conducted by experts confirmed the animals there had been infected.

It is noted that measures are being taken to contain and prevent the spread of the ASF pathogen.

According to the forecast by the State Food Safety and Consumer Protection Service published in January 2017, if the current trend of the ASF spread continued, Ukraine would lose over 1.2 million pigs worth a total of UAH 4 billion (about US$145.6 million) by 2020, while indirect losses would increase by an estimated amount of between UAH 5 billion-UAH 7.5 billion ($180 million-$269 million).

In total, 163 ASF outbreaks were registered in Ukraine in 2017.

Some 140 ASF outbreaks have been registered in Ukraine since the beginning of 2018, according to the data released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) within the FAO technical assistance project, titled "Capacity development in early detection and response to African Swine Fever (ASF) in Ukraine."

UNIAN memo. African swine fever (Montgomery disease) is a contagious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs. The disease bears no threat to humans. The virus is transmitted by direct contact between sick and healthy animals, through pork products, and also transmitted by ticks and mechanically (by vehicles during transportation of people and animals). There are no vaccines against the virus. Almost all infected pigs die. The virus is destroyed by heating to extremely high temperatures.

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