The authorities of the Voronezh region strengthen security measures to prevent the territory of the region of the African swine fever virus, said on Thursday the government of the region.

In the Voronezh region dry after 2010, when the drought and fires the region gathered with the burned-out fields only 49% of the crop, livestock became the main trend in agriculture. Special priority was given to the pigs. In 2013, the ASF has covered four districts, there were more than 30 foci of the disease. As a result, in these areas, the authorities imposed a quarantine, the number of pigs decreased from 400 thousand to 55 thousand, and the expenses of the regional budget for compensation amounted to 188 million rubles. Last year, over 41 thousand pigs had to be destroyed due to the outbreak of ASF in JSC "Agrokombinat "Nikolaev", the damage of the company amounted to 309 million rubles.

Currently in three regions bordering the Voronezh, Kursk, Saratov and Volgograd — registered outbreaks of African swine fever. On Thursday in the Voronezh regional government at the meeting of the operational staff plan was developed for additional security measures.

"To permanent veterinary officer posts, of which on the territory of the region there were seven, added another on the border of the Saratov region — in the village Tretiak Borisoglebsky district. Today, all eight positions you will work in the strengthened mode. Inspection of vehicles for the carriage of live animals, animal products and feed conducted around the clock", — stated in the message.

Daily posts by veterinarians and police inspected more than 1 thousand units of vehicles transporting regulated by Rosselkhoznadzor goods.

Also, the region will determine the number of wild boars, to take samples from dead animals and extracted by hunters. At meat processing plants, slaughter houses, pig-breeding enterprises, private farms will be organized check.

The virus of African swine fever in the Bryansk region was first recorded in February 2014 at the farm of the Bryansk region. African swine fever, African fever, the East African plague, the disease Montgomery)? highly contagious viral disease of pigs. First registered in 1903 in South Africa. Refers to the list A (highly dangerous) according to the International classification of infectious animal diseases. Danger to humans is not.