Fighting African Swine Fever - Zeme un valsts

Fighting African Swine Fever

In January 2021, several dead wild boar were discovered in Ģibuļi parish, most likely due to the deadly African Swine Fever. Ivars Koloda, head of the North Kurzeme branch of the Food and Veterinary Service, coordinated the collection of the wild boar carcasses and their transport to containers. Upon examining the animals by the container, typical signs of African Swine Fever were identified – an enlarged spleen and characteristic petechial haemorrhages in the kidneys. Samples were also taken for analysis.

African Swine Fever was first detected in Latvia in 2014, and since then it has spread across practically the entire territory of the country. There are areas where the virus has not been detected for a long time, but this is no guarantee that the fever has disappeared. The Ģibuļi region is an example where, after a year and a half, ASF has once again been detected in the wild boar population.
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