African Swine Fever Again in the Loznica Region
African Swine Fever (ASF) has reappeared in the Loznica area. The Veterinary Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management issued a decision this week declaring an infected and endangered area for ASF in domestic pigs in Novo Selo, Loznica. It was discovered in one household where, according to unofficial information from the field, twenty pigs, mostly piglets, were destroyed.
TL;DR
- African Swine Fever (ASF) has been reconfirmed in the Loznica region, with the latest outbreak in Novo Selo.
- Approximately twenty pigs, mostly piglets, were destroyed in a household in Novo Selo.
- The Veterinary Directorate has declared the area infected and endangered.
- A previous ASF outbreak in June last year affected thirty settlements in Loznica, leading to the destruction of about 1,500 pigs.
- ASF is a highly contagious and deadly disease for domestic and wild pigs, causing substantial economic damage.
- An outbreak three years ago in Lipnički Šor resulted in the euthanasia of over 300 pigs.