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The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic (MPRV SR) has prepared a comprehensive preventive action to protect Slovak farms and stop the risk of spreading African swine fever.
The objective of the plan is to reduce the wild boar population by 100,000 head. Meat from healthy animals will be tested several times and marketed.
The ASF situation in Slovakia this year has worsened, with 1194 cases in wild boar compared to 125 in the first half of 2020. Slovakia remained free of ASF until July 25, 2019, when veterinary authorities confirmed an outbreak on a backyard farm with an inventory of 4 pigs in the Trebisov district, about 500 meters from the border with Hungary and about 20 km from the border with Ukraine, both countries affected by the disease. In relation to the presence of the disease in domesticated pigs, only one outbreak has been reported so far this year.
August 10, 2021/ 333 Staff with information from the Slovak Ministry of Agriculture and ADNS.
