In Ukraine, since early 2017, 55 cases of African swine fever have been identified. This was stated by the head of the State Service of Ukraine on food safety and consumer protection Vladimir Lapa, writes LIGA. Net According to the official, at the moment the dynamics of the spread of the disease in Ukraine - threatening.

"In 2012 there was one case, in 2014 - 16, in 2015 - 40, in 2016 - 91. For two and a half months of 2017 - 55 cases. The last two cases were found in wild animals, "he said..

Lapa added that the anti-epizootic measures to combat ASF in 2017 provided 113 million UAH.

"This is much less than the demand, but twice as much as in 2016, when 56 million UAH was allocated to finance the corresponding program," said the head of the department.

The official believes that without identifying dead or sick wild boars in the wildlife, it will be difficult to prevent the virus from getting to domestic pigs.

Recall that the ban on the supply of poultry products from Ukraine because of outbreaks of bird flu introduced Iraq, China, Qatar, Yemen, Jordan. Hong Kong, EU, Saudi Arabia, UAE banned products from Chernivtsi, Odessa and Kherson regions.

Ukraine in January-February 2017 exported 31.73 thousand tons of poultry and offal, which is 45.4% more than in the same period in 2016. Pork exports in January-February compared to the corresponding period in 2016 increased by 56.7% - to 1.13 thousand tons.