Russia faces yet another outbreak of African Swine Fever

At the end of last week in the Krasnodar region, Russia, it has been revealed that another outbreak of African Swine Fever was discovered.

According to the district administration of Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance the specialist of Veterinary Laboratory have confirmed the death of the animals due to the virus. The outbreak has been located at the private farms in a village in Leninsky district of the Krasnodar region of Abinsk near the border with the Crimean region. About 147 pigs were discovered on the farms. According to reports 34 of them contracted the disease and 4 died.

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