African swine fever has reduced the number of pigs in the Vitebsk region more than 217,000 heads. Pigs disappeared in six districts of the region. Overall, the country of pigs decreased by 620 thousand heads.

In the summer of 2013 in Belarus were foci of African swine fever, they took steps to complete destruction of herds on pig enterprises. The first reports came from the Vitebsk region Vitebsk and Senno areas.

And after a year of data from the National Statistical Committee may obtain official information on the reduction of the number of pigs in each of the areas of the country. According to these data for five months in 2014 in Vitebsk region at the end of May only a little over 293 thousand pigs from 510,431 pigs, which was in 2013.

Moreover, if a year ago Beshenkovichi district was 23,477, Vitebsk district - 21,897 Dubrovno district - 20,065, Senno - 20,647, Tolochin - 46,213, Ushachy - 20,103 pigs, but now from pig enterprises in these areas no pigs at all.

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