Ten pigs were slaughtered after tests confirmed an outbreak of African swine fever in Manta village, Cahul district. Six other animals developed the symptoms in the neighboring village of Pașcani, but the lab results are still pending.

Vitalie Carauș, the National Food Safety Agency’s chief veterinarian, told IPN the results from Pașcani will be coming in later today. The affected pigs belong to the brother of the farmer from Manta.

In Manta, the slaughtered pigs were buried, and the pen and utensils used in handling the animals were thoroughly disinfected. Almost 100 pigs remaining in the village have been put under supervision.

Before this, the latest occurrence of African swine fever in Moldova was reported in March, in Beşgöz, Çadır-Lunga, some eighty kilometers north-east of Manta.

The African swine fever is not dangerous for humans, but is lethal for domestic pigs and wild boars.