The disease was detected last week in six wild boars in Madona county, including three in Bērzaune parish, two in Vestienas parish and one in Prauliena parish, and four boars each in Ogre county, including two in Lädmanes parish and one each in Birzgale and Mazozoli parishes, as well as in Limbažu county, including two in Salacgrivas parish and one each in Brivzemnieku and Limbažu parishes.
Also, the virus was detected last week in three wild boars in Aizkraukle district, including one each in Nereta, Skrīveru and Sunākste parishes.
The disease was also detected in one wild boar in Auru Parish of Dobele County, Ranka Parish of Gulbene County, Krāslava County in Ķepova Parish, Ķekava County in Ķekava Parish, Smiltene County in Smiltene Parish, Valka County in Kārķu Parish, Valmiera County in Mazsalaca Parish and Ventspils County in Tārgales Parish.
Thus, in the population of wild boars in Latvia this year, the ACM found 910 wild boars in 142 parishes of 31 counties and one city area.
Since June 2014, when ASF was registered for the first time in Latvia, the virus was detected in a total of 9188 wild boars, including in 2014 ASF was detected in 217 wild boars in Latvia, in 2015 – 1048, in 2016 – 1146, in 2017 – 1431, in 2018 in 2019 – 430, in 2020 – 377, in 2021 – 448, in 2022 – 1274 wild boars, and in 2023 – 1002 wild boars.
LETA already announced that this year ACM was also detected in four farms with domestic pigs, in which there were a total of 578 domestic pigs. Among them, the virus was detected in domestic pigs on a farm in Valmiera county Matīšu parish, on a homestead farm in Madona county Kalsnava parish, on a farm in Valmiera county Vecate parish and on a homestead farm in Madona county Cesvaines parish.
ASF was registered in Latvia for the first time in June 2014 in three wild boars a few meters from the border of Belarus. ASF It is a very dangerous disease, and the entire herd must be slaughtered in a house where the disease has been detected.
PVD is a state administrative institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture, which carries out state supervision and control of the food circulation and veterinary medicine industry.
2024-08-21 13:15:27