African Swine Fever in Bulgaria 2019

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Source: https://sofiaglobe.com/2019/07/29/af...din-confirmed/

African Swine Fever: First outbreak in Bulgaria?s Vidin confirmed
Written by The Sofia Globe staff on July 29, 2019 in Bulgaria -

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BNSA) said on July 29 that it had confirmed a new outbreak of African Swine Fever in domestic pigs in the Vidin district, at a private holding in the Novi Put area of the city of Vidin.

This is the first outbreak of the disease in Vidin, and the 23rd across Bulgaria.

There are only unregistered private farms in that area of Vidin. Within the three kilometre protection zone, there is an industrial pig farm, which has been placed under veterinary supervision to prevent the disease reaching it, the agency said...

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Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/201..._138202610.htm

Bulgaria confirms second African swine fever outbreak in 3 days
Source: Xinhua| 2019-07-06 01:45:05|Editor: yan

SOFIA, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) on Friday evening confirmed a second outbreak of African swine fever in domestic pigs in three days, and the third since last August.

The disease was located in a backyard pig farm in the village of Novachene near Danube River, only 16 km southeast of the village of Zhernov where the previous case was confirmed on Wednesday, the agency said a statement.

The BFSA takes the necessary measures for control and eradication of the disease according to the European and national legislation, the statement said.

Earlier on Friday at a meeting of the Management Board of State Fund Agriculture, the country's Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Desislava Taneva called for rigorous implementation of prevention and control measures...

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Source: https://sofiaglobe.com/2019/07/13/ou...rgas-district/

Outbreak of African Swine Fever in village in Bulgaria?s Bourgas district
Written by The Sofia Globe staff on July 13, 2019 in Bulgaria -

Bulgaria?s Food Safety Agency has confirmed an outbreak of African Swine Fever among domestic pigs in the village of Zidarovo, in Sozopol municipality in the district of Bourgas.

The outbreak was found at an unregistered private farm where 14 pigs were being reared. When agency officials visited the farm, only six live pigs were found.

Euthanasia of all pigs in a three-kilometre safety zone in the area has begun, the agency said. A 10km monitoring zone also has been declared...

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Source: https://sofiaglobe.com/2019/07/21/ou...garias-rousse/


Outbreak of African Swine Fever at industrial farm with 17 000 pigs in Bulgaria?s Rousse
Written by The Sofia Globe staff on July 21, 2019 in Bulgaria -

Bulgaria?s Food Safety Agency has confirmed an outbreak of African Swine Fever at an industrial farm in the village of Nikolovo in Bulgaria?s Rousse municipality, nine km from the border with Romania.

This is the first outbreak at an industrial farm, after cases of African Swine Fever confirmed in various parts of Bulgaria in recent weeks at backyard holdings.

The agency said that the outbreak at the industrial farm, which holds 17 000 pigs, was confirmed by official laboratory tests...

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Source: https://www.enca.com/news/african-sw...-farm-bulgaria


African swine fever hits another pig farm in Bulgaria
Wednesday 24 July 2019 - 4:46pm

SOFIA - Bulgaria has detected another outbreak of African swine fever at a pig breeding farm near the north eastern city of Ruse, after the deadly virus was discovered earlier this month, the food safety agency said on Wednesday.

That was the 19th case in pigs in farms or backyards.

"Another outbreak was detected at a large industrial farm in the village of Brashlеn with over 40,000 pigs," said Alexandra Miteva, a senior official for the food safety authority...

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Source: https://sofiaglobe.com/2019/07/25/af...a-rises-to-21/


African Swine Fever: Number of outbreaks in Bulgaria rises to 21
Written by The Sofia Globe staff on July 25, 2019 in Bulgaria -

African Swine Fever in Bulgaria rose to 21 on July 25 as the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency confirmed new outbreaks of the disease in domestic pigs in the districts of Pleven and Veliko Turnovo.

The agency said that it had confirmed two new outbreaks, on private farms in the town of Iskar in the municipality of the same name in the Pleven district, and in the village of Klimentovo, Polski Trumbesh municipality in the Veliko Turnovo district.

There were about 30 pigs at each farm, the agency said...

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Le commissaire europ?en charg? de la sant? et de la s?curit? alimentaire, Vytenis Andriukaitis, a exprim? sa grande d?ception face aux autorit?s bulgares concernant leurs actions en mati?re de peste porcine africaine, a rapport? la radio nationale bulgare le 25 juillet.

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Source: https://sofiaglobe.com/2019/07/26/af...g-30-000-pigs/

African Swine Fever: Third outbreak at industrial farm, with 30 000 pigs, in Bulgaria?s Rousse
Written by The Sofia Globe staff on July 26, 2019 in Bulgaria -


The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency confirmed on July 26 a third outbreak of African Swine Fever at an industrial farm in the district of Rousse.

The farm, in the village of Golyamo Vranovo, Slivo Pole municipality, holds 30 000 pigs.

It is within the 10km monitoring zone declared after an earlier outbreak of African Swine Fever in the village of Brushlen...

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Source: https://in.reuters.com/article/bulga...KCN1UP251?il=0


July 30, 2019 / 1:28 PM / Updated 6 hours ago
Fourth Bulgarian pig farm hit by African swine fever

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian veterinary authorities said on Tuesday they would cull 17,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm in the northeast, the fourth industrial farm hit by the fast-spreading virus.

The outbreak was detected at a farm in the village of Popina, near the Danube town of Silistra. Some 87,000 pigs have been killed on another three farms in the past 10 days.

European Union-member Bulgaria has so far detected more than 20 outbreaks of African swine fever at industrial or backyard farms in the northern part of the country.

Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva said on Monday 20-km sanitary zones were being set up around all 62 registered industrial pig farms in the Black Sea state with no small private pig farms and home-breeding of pigs without bio-security measures allowed in the zones...

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Source: https://news.yahoo.com/fourth-bulgar...172515622.html

Fifth Bulgarian pig farm hit by African swine fever
Reuters?July 30, 2019

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian authorities said on Wednesday that they would cull another 17,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm in the north of the country, the fifth hit by the fast-spreading virus this month.

The outbreak was detected at a farm in a village near the Danube town of Svishtov. More than 100,000 pigs have already been culled at four other farms in the past two weeks.

Industry officials fear that the virus could wipe out the Balkan country's entire pig herd of about 500,000 and cause damages of up to 2 billion levs ($1.14 billion).

Bulgaria has so far detected more than 20 outbreaks of African swine fever at industrial or backyard farms in the north of the country...

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Source: https://sofiaglobe.com/2019/08/01/af...lgaria-killed/

African Swine Fever: More than 100 000 pigs in northern Bulgaria killed
Written by The Sofia Globe staff on August 1, 2019 in Bulgaria -

The outbreaks of African Swine Fever in Bulgaria have resulted in more than 100 000 pigs being culled in the northern part of the country, Bulgarian National Television (BNT) said on the evening of August 1.

Estimates from before the outbreak of African Swine Fever put the number of registered pigs in Bulgaria at a maximum 600 000.

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency has begun checks in small towns in northern Bulgaria to see if farmers have voluntarily got rid of their pigs, the report said.

The deadline for doing so in districts in that part of Bulgaria expired on July 31. Failure to comply means a fine of 100 to 1000 leva (about 50 to 500 euro).

Efforts by veterinary authorities in Rousse, the largest city on Bulgaria?s Danube border, are currently aimed at controlling the outbreak of African Swine Fever in the town of Byala, where a sick pig was found in a farmyard. In the area, 140 animals will be euthanised at six unregistered small farms.

However, employees of the Regional Food Safety Agency say that they often encounter resistance and misunderstanding by farmers in small towns about how serious the disease is, the BNT report said.

None of the pig farms in Rousse has completed the euthanasia and burial of the pigs. This is expected to take place within five days.

An owner of a farm in Brushlen, one of the first places where an outbreak of African Swine Fever, told BNT he would not be laying off workers because he hopes the industry will recover again soon.

Radical measures to combat African Swine Fever have begun to meet resistance. The mayors of the 31 villages in the Pazardzhik municipality said in a joint statement that they would not allow the forced slaughter of domestic pigs...

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Source: https://thestarphoenix.com/pmn/healt...8-6af4d6188357

African swine fever hits sixth pig farm in Bulgaria
Reuters
Updated: August 2, 2019


SOFIA ? Bulgaria?s veterinary authorities said on Friday they would cull 8,253 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm in the northeast of the country, the sixth industrial farm in the Balkan nation to be hit by the virus.

The outbreak was detected at a farm in the village of Vetren, near the Danube town of Silistra. More than 120,000 pigs have been killed on another five farms in the past two weeks.

Experts say Bulgaria could lose its entire pig breeding industry and have its 600,000 pigs culled due to the highly contagious disease, which affects pigs but not humans.

The Black Sea state has so far detected 30 outbreaks of African swine fever at industrial or backyard farms in the country...

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African swine fever, Bulgaria

Information received on 03/08/2019 from Dr Damyan Iliev, Chief Veterinary Officer & Deputy Executive Director, Bulgarian Food Safety Agency, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Sofia, Bulgaria

Summary Report type Follow-up report No. 4 Date of start of the event 03/07/2019 Date of confirmation of the event 03/07/2019 Report date 03/08/2019 Date submitted to OIE 03/08/2019 Reason for notification Recurrence of a listed disease Date of previous occurrence 30/09/2018 Manifestation of disease Clinical disease Causal agent African swine fever virus Nature of diagnosis Laboratory (basic) This event pertains to a defined zone within the country Related reports Immediate notification (03/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 1 (09/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 2 (14/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 3 (18/07/2019) Follow-up report No. 4 (03/08/2019)

New outbreaks (23)

Outbreak 1 Nikolovo, Ruse Date of start of the outbreak 19/07/2019 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Farm Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Swine 17590 191 191 17399 0

Outbreak 2 Morava, Veliko Tarnovo Date of start of the outbreak 23/07/2019 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Backyard Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Swine 1 1 1 0 0

Outbreak 3 Oriahovo, Vraca Date of start of the outbreak 23/07/2019 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Backyard Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Swine 30 2 2 28 0

Outbreak 4 Lom, Montana Date of start of the outbreak 23/07/2019 Outbreak status Resolved (23/07/2019) Epidemiological unit Forest Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 1 1 0 0

Outbreak 5 Iskar, Pleven Date of start of the outbreak 24/07/2019 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Backyard Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Swine 28 15 15 13 0

Outbreak 6 Klimentovo, Veliko Tarnovo Date of start of the outbreak 24/07/2019 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Backyard Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Swine 2 1 0 2 0

Outbreak 7 Brashlen, Slivo pole, Ruse Date of start of the outbreak 24/07/2019 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Farm Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Swine 36551 92 92 36459 0

Outbreak 8 Svishtov, Veliko Tarnovo Date of start of the outbreak 26/07/2019 Outbreak status Resolved (26/07/2019) Epidemiological unit Forest Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 6 6 0 0

Outbreak 9 Golyamo Vranovo, Slivo pole, Ruse Date of start of the outbreak 26/07/2019 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Farm Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Swine 28041 13 13 28028 0

Outbreak 10 Chervena voda, Ruse Date of start of the outbreak 29/07/2019 Outbreak status Resolved (29/07/2019) Epidemiological unit Forest Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 1 1 0 0

Outbreak 11 District of Vidin city, Vidin Date of start of the outbreak 29/07/2019 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Backyard Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Swine 1 1 1 0 0

Outbreak 12 Byala, Ruse Date of start of the outbreak 30/07/2019 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Backyard Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Swine 25 2 0 25 0

Outbreak 13 Popina, Silistra Date of start of the outbreak 30/07/2019 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Farm Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Swine 21448 13 13 21435 0

Outbreak 14 Isperih, Razgrad Date of start of the outbreak 31/07/2019 Outbreak status Resolved (31/07/2019) Epidemiological unit Forest Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 9 9 0 0

Outbreak 15 Kuklen, Plovdiv Date of start of the outbreak 31/07/2019 Outbreak status Resolved (31/07/2019) Epidemiological unit Forest Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 2 0 2 0

Outbreak 16 Bulgarsko slivovo, Veliko Tarnovo Date of start of the outbreak 31/07/2019 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Farm Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Swine 17200 10 10 17190 0

Outbreak 17 Lom, Montana Date of start of the outbreak 31/07/2019 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Backyard Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Swine 5 5 0 5 0

Outbreak 18 Kovatshitsa, Montana Date of start of the outbreak 31/07/2019 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Backyard Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Swine 2 2 0 2 0

Outbreak 19 Tetovo, Ruse Date of start of the outbreak 01/08/2019 Outbreak status Resolved (01/08/2019) Epidemiological unit Forest Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 1 1 0 0

Outbreak 20 Vetren, Silistra Date of start of the outbreak 01/08/2019 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Farm Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Swine 8244 123 123 8121 0

Outbreak 21 Dimovo, Vidin Date of start of the outbreak 01/08/2019 Outbreak status Resolved (01/08/2019) Epidemiological unit Forest Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 1 1 0 0

Outbreak 22 Iskar, Grad Sofija Date of start of the outbreak 02/08/2019 Outbreak status Resolved (02/08/2019) Epidemiological unit Forest Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 1 1 0 0

Outbreak 23 Trudovets, Sofija Date of start of the outbreak 02/08/2019 Outbreak status Continuing (or date resolved not provided) Epidemiological unit Other Affected animals Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Swine 1 1 1 0 0

Summary of outbreaks Total outbreaks: 23 Total animals affected Species Susceptible Cases Deaths Killed and disposed of Slaughtered Swine 129169 472 462 128707 0 Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) 22 20 2 0 Outbreak statistics Species Apparent morbidity rate Apparent mortality rate Apparent case fatality rate Proportion susceptible animals lost* Swine 0.37% 0.36% 97.88% 100.00% Wild boar:Sus scrofa(Suidae) ** ** 90.91% ** *Removed from the susceptible population through death, destruction and/or slaughter **Not calculated because of missing information

Epidemiology Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection Unknown or inconclusive

Control measures Measures applied Movement control inside the country Surveillance outside containment and/or protection zone Surveillance within containment and/or protection zone Screening Traceability Official destruction of animal products Official disposal of carcasses, by-products and waste Stamping out Zoning Disinfection Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists) No treatment of affected animals Measures to be applied No other measures

Diagnostic test results Laboratory name and type Species Test Test date Result National Reference Laboratory for African swine fever and classical swine fever (National laboratory) Swine real-time PCR 19/07/2019 Positive National Reference Laboratory for African swine fever and classical swine fever (National laboratory) Swine real-time PCR 23/07/2019 Positive National Reference Laboratory for African swine fever and classical swine fever (National laboratory) Swine real-time PCR 24/07/2019 Positive National Reference Laboratory for African swine fever and classical swine fever (National laboratory) Swine real-time PCR 25/07/2019 Positive National Reference Laboratory for African swine fever and classical swine fever (National laboratory) Swine real-time PCR 26/07/2019 Positive National Reference Laboratory for African swine fever and classical swine fever (National laboratory) Swine real-time PCR 29/07/2019 Positive National Reference Laboratory for African swine fever and classical swine fever (National laboratory) Swine real-time PCR 30/07/2019 Positive National Reference Laboratory for African swine fever and classical swine fever (National laboratory) Swine real-time PCR 31/07/2019 Positive National Reference Laboratory for African swine fever and classical swine fever (National laboratory) Swine real-time PCR 01/08/2019 Positive National Reference Laboratory for African swine fever and classical swine fever (National laboratory) Swine real-time PCR 02/08/2019 Positive

Future Reporting The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.

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http://www.oie.int/wahis_2/public/wahid.php/Reviewreport/Review?page_refer=MapFullEventReport&reportid=31248

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Source: https://sofiaglobe.com/2019/08/08/af...ree-new-cases/
African Swine Fever: Bulgaria confirms three new cases
Written by The Sofia Globe staff on August 8, 2019 in Bulgaria -

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency said on August 8 that it had confirmed three new cases of African Swine Fever (ASF), in each case involving wild pigs that had been found dead.

One case was of two wild pigs found dead near the village of Zmenitsa in the Dospat municipality in the Smolyan district, another a wild pig found dead in Vurbnitsa in the Shoumen district and the third, a wild pig found dead near the village of Novo Gradishte in the Strazhitsa municipality in the district of Veliko Turnovo.

In all the cases, tests for ASF had proved positive at a national laboratory in Sofia.

In the cases in Shoumen and Smolyan, these were the first tests for ASF that had proved positive, the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency said.

Before the outbreak of ASF, Bulgaria had up to 600 000 pigs in registered farms. Confirmed cases have led to about 130 000 pigs ordered culled...

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Source: https://www.novinite.com/articles/19...div+and+Lovech

A New Case of African Swine Fever in Plovdiv and Lovech
Politics ? DOMESTIC | August 19, 2019, Monday // 15:55| Views: |
Bulgaria: A New Case of African Swine Fever in Plovdiv and Lovech

The carcass of a killed wild boar has given a positive result for the disease virus.

"A new case of African swine fever has been discovered in a wild boar found in the territory of Perushtitsa." This was announced by the director of the Regional Directorate of Forests in Plovdiv, Miroslav Dimitrov, immediately after the meeting of the Regional Epizootic Commission, quoted by BTA.

A dead wild boar carcass was found on August 10, which tested positive for the ASF virus. An order was issued by the BFSA to declare a primary incident of the disease in Perushtitsa. In this regard, access to the forest territories in the infected area, covering an area of 200 square kilometers, in the lands of the hunting-economic areas of Brestovishte, Hrabrino, Krichim, Perushtitsa, Skobelevo, Ustina and Petvar is prohibited. A search of the area for dead wild pigs is forthcoming.

"Hunting is forbidden in the declared areas," Miroslav Dimitrov said...