A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ARMENIAN MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE DOESN’T RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER’S SPREAD IN THE TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC
arminfo
2007-08-17 09:25:00
The possibility of African swine fever’s spread is not ruled out in
Armenia, the Head of State Food Safety and Veterinary Inspection of
RA Ministry of Agriculture Grisha Bagiyan told journalists on Thursday.
According to him, African swine fever may penetrate into Armenia from
the neighboring Georgia, where the fever has already penetrated.
To note, the first case of swine death from the African fever in
Georgia was recorded in May 2007. The African swine fever or Pestis
africana suum was first recorded in 1903 in South Africa. It is spread
in Africa, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Swine and boars of all ages
are sensitive to the disease in natural conditions. The carriers of
the disease may be insects, birds and beasts of prey.