African swine fever has appeared near the Ukrainian-Hungarian border

Ten animals died in African swine fever (ASP) on a pig farm in Tiszaújlak near the Ukrainian-Hungarian border on 28 August.

An extraordinary meeting was held in Nagyszőlős with the participation of the Animal Epidemiological Emergency Committee, the State Public Administration Office and county leaders and mayors of the Nagyszőlős districts. At the meeting it was announced that samples of animals that had died in the swine farm of the Tisza-Zahid Kft. had been detected to a pathogen for ASP at the Veterinary Laboratory in Lviv – the public administration office in Nagyszőlős announced on Thursday. (Varga Béla, MTI)