African swine fever spread description in wild boar population at the territory of the Sochi-republican state wildlife reserve park

UDC 619:616.98:578

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER SPREAD DESCRIPTION IN WILD BOAR POPULATION AT THE TERRITORY OF THE SOCHI-REPUBLICAN STATE WILDLIFE RESERVE PARK

Kolbasov D.V., Vasilyev A.P., Belyanin S.A., Kholod R.Z., Lyutkin I.S.,
Ereshchenko D.D., Shevkoplyas V.N., Chernykh O.Yu.

Summary. Continued spread of African swine fever poses a great threat to the pig industry of the Russian Federation. Data on the spread of African swine fever virus in a population of wild boars in the Sochi-Republican State Wildlife Reserve Park in 2009 are presented in the article.

First case of detection of dead wild pig was registered on the 8th of November 2009 in the Bolshoy Bznych canyon. It is established that totally 128 bodies of recently died wild pigs were found in the period from the 8th of November to the 20th of December in canyons. Dead animals were found in groups, including sows with piglets, and singly. Authors established that the spread of African swine fever in populations of wild pigs within the habitat occurred as a result of direct or indirect contact in these areas (feeding on the same territories) in the absence of natural barriers and corresponded to the time of local migrations of family groups within their living space and incubation and infectious periods prior to death.

Based on research data, a potential source of the virus to wild boars were infected domestic pigs. Spread of the disease among feral pigs had continuous nature with periods of 12 to 20 days.

Keywords: African swine fever virus, pig breeding, wild pig population, monitoring studies outbreak, mass mortality, migration, rut.

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Author affiliation

Kolbasov Denis V., D.Sc. in Veterinary Medicine, professor, director of the National Research Institute for Veterinary Virology and Microbiology; Pokrov, Petushki area, Vladimir region, 601120; (49243) 6-21-25; e-mail: vniivvim@niiv.petush.elcom.ru.

Vasilev Aleksander P., Ph.D. in Biology, Head of the ASF diagnostics section of the National Research Institute for Veterinary Virology and Microbiology; Pokrov, Petushki area, Vladimir region, 601120; (49243) 6-10-56; e-mail: vniivvim@niiv.petush.elcom.ru.

Belyanin Sergey A., associate researcher of the National Research Institute for Veterinary Virology and Microbiology; Pokrov, Petushki area, Vladimir region, 601120; (49243) 6-10-56; e-mail: vniivvim@niiv.petush.elcom.ru.

Kholod Roman Z., director of the Sochi-Republican State Wildlife Reserve Park; 16, Gaydara st., Sochi, 354207; phone: 8(8622)521351; e-mail: zakazniksochi@mail.ru.

Lyutkin Igor S., vice-director of the Sochi-Republican State Wildlife Reserve Park; 16, Gaydara st., Sochi, 354207; phone: 8(8622)521351; e-mail: zakazniksochi@mail.ru.

Ereshchenko Dmitry D., leading huntsman of the Sochi-Republican State Wildlife Reserve Park; 16, Gaydara st., Sochi, 354207; phone: 8(8622)521351; email: zakazniksochi@mail.ru.

Dzhailidi Georgy A., Ph. D. in Biology, Head of the State Veterinary Department of Krasnodar region; 36, Rashpilevskaya st., Krasnodar, 350000; phone: 8 (861) 262-19-23; e-mail: dga@uv.krasnodar.ru.

Shevkoplyas Vladimir N., D.Sc. in Veterinary Medicine, professor of the department of veterinary-sanitary examination of the Skryabin Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology; 23, Skryabina st., Moscow, 109472; phone 8 (499) 784-62-19; e-mail: shevkoplyasvn@gmail.com.

Responsible for correspondence with the editorial board: Chernykh Oleg Yu., D.Sc. in Veterinary Medicine, director of the Kropotkin territorial veterinary laboratory; 303, Krasnoarmeyskaya st., Kropotkin, 352380; phone +7 (86138) 6-23-14; e-mail: gukkvl50@kubanvet.ru.