Top Veterinarian Warns of Swine Fever

African Swine Fever, lethal to pigs though harmless to humans, has reached Central Russia and may spread to all European parts of the country, the country’s chief veterinarian said Tuesday. “We are on the verge of a new wave of proliferation of the virus,” Nikolai Vlasov, deputy head of the Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection Service, told reporters. He said outbreaks of African Swine Fever, which has no […]