EUROPEAN COMMISSION EXPERTS IN LITHUANIA TO HELP STOP SPREAD OF SWINE FLU FROM WILD BOARS
January 1st, 2014
The European Commission has offered support to Lithuania following the recent confirmation of cases of African Swine Fever in local wild boar, amidst concerns the disease could spread to commercial piggeries. The European Union (EU) executive has sent veterinary experts to the southern Šalčininkai and Alytus-Varėna regions to help local vets stop the virus infecting other animals.In accordance with EU law, Lithuanian authorities have already introduced a number of restrictions, from intensifying the surveillance of wild boars and pigs, to sending samples to ...
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