On Could 2, 2025, the Nationwide Reference Laboratory in Zvolen confirmed an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) on a business farm situated in Dolné Semerovce cadastre, Levice district, marking the primary outbreak in home pigs recorded in Slovakia in 2025.
The affected farm, recognized as CEHZ 219375, housed a complete of 18,458 pigs. The primary medical indicators (fever, listlessness, diarrhea) had been noticed on Could 1.
Following affirmation of the outbreak, the State Veterinary and Meals Service (SR SVPS) activated strict management measures, together with a ban on animal motion to and from the affected farm. As well as, a 3-km safety zone and a 10-km surveillance zone had been established across the outbreak, masking a number of localities in Levice and Krupina districts.
Through the weekend following the detection, an entire depopulation of the farm was deliberate and commenced on Could 5. Restrictions on the motion of animals of different species, swine merchandise, meat, semen, ova, embryos, feed, instruments, and waste that might facilitate virus transmission had been additionally carried out, besides with specific permission from the SR SVPS. Energetic surveillance within the designated areas is ongoing.
Excluding the present outbreak, because the illness was first confirmed within the nation on July 25, 2019, Slovakia has reported 45 outbreaks in home swine (11 in 2019, 17 in 2020, 11 in 2021, 5 in 2022, and 1 in 2024) and three,444 outbreaks in wild boar (27 in 2019, 388 in 2020, 1,658 in 2021, 561 in 2022, 535 in 2023, 165 in 2024, and 110 in 2025).
Could 9, 2025/ 333 Employees with information from SR SVPS and MAPA.
