In the Rostov region came the African plague of pigs (Achs). The nidus of animals is situated in the Constantine area. As have informed IA REGNUM in the Ministry of agriculture and food of the region, the virus is found in the village of Nikolaev have fallen in one of the local private farms boar and dead pigs found in an unauthorized dump near the village.

The preliminary cause of the outbreak of ASF — failure to observe rules of the maintenance of animals. Livestock in the economy of the administration was hidden, no veterinary examinations on the territory of the smallholdings was not carried out.

In connection with the discovery of the disease in the Konstantinovsky district held an emergency meeting of the special Commission on prevention and liquidation of especially dangerous contagious animal diseases. Following the meeting, approved measures to prevent the epidemic of ASF.

IA REGNUM recalls that one of the recent cases of African swine fever in the Rostov region occurred in January 2017. A state of emergency in connection with the discovery of a new hearth was put situated in Tselinskiy district. Then in the village of zhuravlevka in the territory of the monastery were deaths of 19 pigs.