The first outbreaks of ASF in the Volgograd region was identified in early August. The specialists of the veterinary Committee believe the virus has been recorded in the region from the neighboring Saratov region. At the beginning of September in five districts of the Volgograd region and the surrounding three cities were introduced a state of emergency regional character of African swine fever.

"In his household city of Kotovo recorded ASF outbreaks. The diagnosis is confirmed by the Volgograd regional veterinary laboratory. Within a radius of 9 km will be destroyed 290 pigs. All of Kotovsky district there are quarantine measures in this area during the year will be banned the turnover of pork products", – said the representative of the Department, noting that this is the eighth outbreak of the disease since the beginning of the year.

22 Nov of ASF suspended the activities of the largest in the South of Russia pig breeding complex "Krasnodon." The elimination was to be more than 5 thousand animals in total, the company is almost 90 thousand pigs. In the Volgograd region nine large and medium pig farms. Prior to the outbreak of ASF in Krasnodonskiy in one of them the source of infection was not there.