ASF was detected in seven wild boars this week

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During the last working week – from 7 to 11 September – three wild boars in Kuldīga municipality, including Laida, Renda and Turlava parishes, were diagnosed with ASF.

One case of the disease was detected in Laža parish of Aizpute region, Rencēni parish of Burtnieki region, Koknese parish of Koknese region and Arona parish of Madona region.

Consequently, in the wild boar population in Latvia, ASF has been detected in a total of 251 wild boars in 108 parishes of 48 counties this year.

It has already been reported that ASF was registered in Latvia for the first time in June 2014 for three wild boars a few meters from the Belarusian border. It is a very dangerous disease and the entire herd of domestic swine in which the disease has been diagnosed must be slaughtered.

The FVS is a state administration institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture, which performs state supervision and control in the food chain and veterinary medicine sector.

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