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In Ukraine’s worst case of African swine fever, around 100,000 pigs are marked for slaughter

In Ukraine’s worst case of African swine fever, around 100,000 pigs are marked for slaughter

In Ukraine’s worst case of African swine fever, around 100,000 pigs are marked for slaughter after a fever outbreak was detected Saturday at Lviv region’s Halychyna Zahid, one of the nation’s biggest pig farms reports the Food Safety Service. Affecting 1.6% of Ukraine’s 6.4 million pigs, the case is Ukraine’s worst ever, reports Reuters. Since 2017, 351 cases have been detected in Ukraine, resulting in the destruction of 72,226 pigs.

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