Classical swine fever, wild boars – Russia: (Moskovskaya)

http://top.rbc.ru/moscow/04/12/2007/128594.shtml

An outbreak of classical swine fever (CSF) among wild boars has been registered in the Lotoshinsky district in the Moscow region [Moskovskaya Oblast], says the press release of the Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Control Service of Russia (Rosselkhoznadzor).
As specified by said department, the CSF virus was discovered during the investigation, by the laboratory of All-Russian institute for animal protection, of samples from 2 killed (in extremis) wild boars. The boars were located within the “Lotoshinskaya okhota” hunting territory.
Quarantine measures have been applied, including a ban on boar hunting. Oral vaccination of wild boars in the region against CSF is being applied. No additional infected boars have been detected, so far, among culled animals in the region.
Noteworthy, domestic pigs in the private sector of the Lotoshinsky district were vaccinated against CSF in September 2007. However, additional measures for the prevention of CSF spread are being carried out on the pig farms of the Moscow region.