Russia - Vaccination fails to localize pig plague in Vladimir region

Published: January 24, 2005

Source : Itar Tass

Vaccination has so far failed to localize the outbreak of an epidemic of pig plague at a farm in Russia’s Vladimir Region bordering on the Moscow Region, the deputy head of the local state veterinary inspector told Itar-Tass on Wednesday. According to Nikolai Mitrofanov, a total of 200 pigs have already died since Tuesday night, and 300 more have fallen ill. Specialists have already vaccinated the entire stock of 2,000 pigs, and the farm has been put on quarantine. Veterinary doctors are now vaccinating animals kept at private houses in the neighbouring settlements of Novoye and Bogolyubovo. Vaccination has begun at the Vladimirsky pig farm, situated ten kilometres from the hotbed of the disease. Over 80,000 pigs are kept there.

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