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Source: https://news.err.ee/1608277989/swine-fever-case-found-on-harju-county-farm
A case of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been found in a Harju County pig farm, following a reported case detected in a wild boar corpse earlier this week.
today at 12.30
The outbreak was first reported to authorities Tuesday, BNS reports, and affects a farm run by OÜ Pijlaka Farm at Kiili, 20 km south of Tallinn.
Hele-Mai Sammel, deputy director general of the Agricultural and Food Board (Põllumajandus- ja Toiduamet) said: "The positive sample was detected during passive surveillance at OU Pihlaka Farm. All pigs kept on the farm will be killed due to the disease, as there is no cure for the disease."
The news follows reports that a dead wild boar was found around 5 km from the affected farm, whose corpse later tested positive for ASF...
A case of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been found in a Harju County pig farm, following a reported case detected in a wild boar corpse earlier this week.
today at 12.30
The outbreak was first reported to authorities Tuesday, BNS reports, and affects a farm run by OÜ Pijlaka Farm at Kiili, 20 km south of Tallinn.
Hele-Mai Sammel, deputy director general of the Agricultural and Food Board (Põllumajandus- ja Toiduamet) said: "The positive sample was detected during passive surveillance at OU Pihlaka Farm. All pigs kept on the farm will be killed due to the disease, as there is no cure for the disease."
The news follows reports that a dead wild boar was found around 5 km from the affected farm, whose corpse later tested positive for ASF...