Classical Swine Fever In Croatia
CROATIA - This is follow up report No.1 via OIE on the Classical Swine Fever outbreak in domestic pigs in Croatia.
8 September 2006
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See also: 20 July 2006
Information received on 4 September 2006 from Dr Mate Brstilo, Director of the Veterinary Administration, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Zagreb:
End of previous report period: 20 July 2006 (see Disease Information, 19 [29], 544, dated 20 July 2006).
End of this report period: 4 September 2006.
Identification of agent: classical swine fever virus.
Date of first confirmation of the event: 19 July 2006.
Date of start of the event: 17 July 2006.
From 19 to 31 July 2006, 864 susceptible pigs were destroyed in the municipalities of Borovo and Vukovar (Vukovarsko srijemska county). All pigs were kept in small family-run farms and some of them were kept on pasture.
Final report: no.
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