July 3, 2023

Lithuania confirms ASF case in late June following nearly a year without outbreak

Lithuania's State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) reported a case of African swine fever (ASF) on June 23 after almost a year without cases detected in the country.

The outbreak occurred on a small farm with two pigs in Marijampolė municipality, Valavičiai village, along with the discovery of carcasses of boars infected with ASF.

On June 26, another outbreak of ASF was detected in Vilkaviškis district. sav., Gražiškių sen., Skardupia village, where six pigs were kept.

The distance between these two outbreaks is more than 20km. According to the initial information collected, there was no contact between the infected farms, so these outbreaks are not related to each other.

- State Food and Veterinary Service (Lithuania)