Ukraine Reports Its First Outbreak of African Swine Fever
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Ukraine reported its first outbreak of the deadly pig disease African swine fever, the World Organisation for Animal Health reported, citing a notification by the country’s Ministry of Agricultural Policy.
The illness, which is harmless to people, was found in three backyard pigs that died from a herd of five in the country’s east, according to the notice published online today by the Paris-based animal-health organization, known by its French acronym OIE.