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13.8.2019 | Customs enhances the combat against African swine fever by training a new customs dog to detect foodstuffs of animal origin at Helsinki Airport. The new food detector dog will be placed at Helsinki Airport, because the African swine fever had spread to Asia in the last years and because a great number of passengers travel from Asia to Finland.

5.6.2017 | Halting the spread of African swine fever has become the concern of eastern and northern Europe. The Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is preparing new conditions concerning the building of fences for outdoor housing of pigs, as well as a subsidy to support their building. Last Friday several EU and European ministers of agriculture and veterinary directors met in Latvia to talk about measures to combat the disease, which is lethal for pigs.

Afrikkalainen sikarutto (ASF) Afrikkalainen sikarutto on vakava lakisääteisesti vastustettava eläintauti, joka leviää lähialueillamme. Tauti on koti- ja villisioille tappava, mutta se ei tartu ihmiseen. Suomessa ei ole koskaan havaittu afrikkalais...

13.8.2019 | Background material for the media 13.8.2019 African swine fever: restrictions and control of private imports The African swine fever ASF is a serious African haemorrhagic disease that affects pigs and wild boars and is cause by the asfivirus. The ...