Friday, January 13, 2012

Russian farm sacrifices 30,736 pigs


An outbreak of African Swine Fever has prompted the slaughter of all 30,736 pigs at a farm in Southern Russia.




A typical new hog complex in Russia 

The veterinary staff for the Timashevsky District have been fired.

Apparently a worker at the farm who kept pigs of his own brought the disease into the Piemzavod Industriainy farm in Southern Russia near Krasnador.

Since 2007, there have been African Swine Disease outbreaks in 21 of Russia’s 83 regions.