African swine fever
03.07.2026 05:23:21 1592
What is African swine fever?
African swine fever (ASF) is a contagious septic disease of domestic pigs, including dwarf pigs, and wild boar. Currently, there is no vaccine available to prevent it. Although ASF poses no danger to humans, infected livestock must be culled immediately. The virus is very resilient and can be transmitted not only from one infected animal to another, but also through blood-sucking insects and uncooked meat products.
What to do?
- Keep pigs indoors and do not allow them to roam freely.
Keep pig areas clean, regularly treat for blood-sucking insects and rodents, and have adequate supplies of disinfectants. - Avoid feeding pigs with animal feed and food waste.
Do not allow unauthorized persons into the premises where pigs are kept; - Provide animals to the veterinary service for clinical examination and vaccination;
- Do not throw away animal carcasses, waste from their maintenance and processing in landfills, roadsides, do not bury them in your garden or other land plot;
- Immediately inform the veterinary service of all cases of pig death and disease;
- Do not attempt to process the meat of dead or forcedly slaughtered pigs - this is prohibited and will inevitably lead to the further spread of the disease and may cause irreparable harm to your health and the health of your loved ones;
- Do not carry out backyard slaughter and sale of pork without a pre-slaughter veterinary inspection of animals and a veterinary and sanitary examination of meat and slaughter products by veterinary service specialists;
- Do not purchase meat products from unauthorized retail locations. Do not purchase live pigs without accompanying veterinary documentation, and do not import or export pigs or pig products without permission from state veterinary service officials.
Know this!
Experience shows that farms with poor biological security (not operating in a closed system), harboring pigs, self-medicating, and violating biological waste collection and disposal regulations are the main sources of the disease.
In the event of an African swine fever outbreak, the entire pig population on the farm is subject to destruction. Wooden outbuildings, manure, feed scraps, and low-value care items are destroyed by burning. Land plots, farm buildings, and pig barns are disinfected. The farm is quarantined.
State Institution "Mendykarinskaya RTI KVKiN Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan", Borovskoye village, st. Altynsarina 83, tel.: 2-40-94.