date:Apr 10, 2014
n. The disease has persisted in Russia since late 2007, and more than 600,000 pigs died or were slaughtered to stem its spread in the country between 2007 and mid-2012, the UN estimates. It also has been discovered in Belarus and Ukraine.
European authorities first detected African swine fever in wild boars in Lithuania on Jan. 24 and in Poland on Feb. 17 near both countries borders with Belarus, according to the European Commission. The EU said today that Russia accepts pork from Belarus despi