date:Aug 23, 2012
Ukraine Alex Gorzheev.We agreed that these states will not impose a ban on all products. Thus, we will give the opportunity for the other 24 regions to export their products abroad.
ASF is caused by a highly infectious virus that does not affect humans, but can cause high mortalities in domestic pigs. The disease is considered endemic in parts of the Russian Federation and some countries in the Caucasus region, including Georgia and Armenia. In 2011, almost 300,000 pigs died or were culled as a