New case of African Swine Fever detected
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge
29.05.2014 13:30
A further case of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been detected after a dead wild boar was found in a river on the Polish-Belarusian border.
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Minister of Agriculture Marek Sawicki said on Thursday that the boar had tested positive after being taken to the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy. Follow-up tests will be carried out in Spain.
Russia blocked imports of Polish and other EU pork products in February after cases of ASF were discovered in wild boar near the Belarusian border in both Poland and Lithuania.
Ukraine, China, Japan and South Korea were among the countries to follow suit with the import ban.
The latest case is the third for Poland, but Sawicki claimed that the find will not influence Ukraine's impending 4 June lift on its embargo on Polish pork.
“We are dealing with a case that affects the border, and there is no danger that the virus escaped to the living herds of wild boar in Poland,” he insisted. (nh)
Source: PAP