Russia - Local outbreak of African Swine Fever eradicated in a settlement of Rostovskaya Oblast

Mortality in pigs was reported on the pig farm OOO “Romanovka” in the Salsky Rayon of the Rostovskaya Oblast. Lesions of internal organs typical of African swine fever were detected in dead animals after autopsy. Laboratory analysis of pathological material detected African swine fever virus. All pigs in the settlement of Romanovka (1,875 animals on the farm OOO “Romanovka” and 268 animals in private backyards) were subject to bloodless destruction and incineration. All roads in the settlement were disinfected, quarantine was imposed; veterinary and police posts were established along the roads of the rayon, disinfection barriers were imposed, earth roads leading to the settlement were turned over.