August 26 (BTA) - An epizootic study is in progress
following an African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak detected on
August 19 on an unregistered farm in the village of Krasnovo,
Plovdiv Region (South Central Bulgaria), the Bulgarian Food
Safety Agency said on Thursday. Within the 10-kilometre zone
around the outbreak, vets from Plovdiv's Regional Food Safety
Directorate have found 14 unregistered farms rearing pigs for
household consumption.

The vets took blood samples and the pigs will be subject to
periodic checkups. The movement of pigs in those farms was
banned and the owners were instructed to register the farms. No
other unregistered farms were found in the village of Krasnovo.
    
A statement of an administrative violation was drawn up against
the owner in whose backyard the outbreak occurred. All five pigs
 were destroyed humanely.

The vets will be checking farms in the nearby villages. VE/DD



    

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