Delocated in Dzukste Parish in connection with ASF -specific quarantine and restrictions / day
ASF in Dzukste Parish was found on a backyard farm with 36 pigs.
Quarantine and restrictions have been canceled because the ASF infected shed has been checked and the animal owner in the holding has performed primary disinfection. Similarly, clinical examinations of swine swine examinations have been carried out in the protection and surveillance area specified in Dzukste Parish and the results of their examinations on ASF are negative.
LETA has already announced that this year one has been registered with an ASF outbreak in a domestic pig shed – Dzukste parish.
In the wild boar population, ASF has been found in 816 wild boar this year in Latvia in 130 parishes and three urban areas.
Since June 2014, when the ASF was first registered in Latvia, the virus was found in a total of 10,527 wild boar, including 217 wild boar in Latvia in 2014, 1048 in 2015 – 1146 in 2016, in 2017 – 1431, in 2018 – 905, 2019 – 430, 2020 – 377 wild boar, 2023 – 1002 wild boar, and in 2024 – 1433 wild boar.
ASF in Latvia was first registered in June 2014 for three wild boar a few meters from the Belarusian border. ASF is a very dangerous illness, and the entire herd must be thrown in the home pig’s shed.
The FVS is a public administration under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture, which carries out national supervision and control of the food chain and the veterinary sector.
