MONITORING INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF SHEEP IN THE PRIMORSKY REGION

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to analyze monitoring studies and outbreaks of infectious diseases of sheep in the Primorsky Region for the period from 2012 to 2022. The object of research is local sheep breeds (based on Romanov) and their crosses, imported sheep breeds (Zabaikalskaya, Edilbaevskaya, Tuvinskaya). Sheep are kept in the Primorsky Region in pasture-stall conditions, fed with hay, oats and other concentrates. The research material included reports from the State Veterinary Inspectorate of the Primorsky Region, the results of monitoring studies, officially published documents on the imposition/removal of restrictive measures by the administration of the Primorsky Region, reports from Rosselkhoznadzor on the epizootic situation for the period from 2012 to 2022. The research method was epizootological analysis. The State Veterinary Service of the Primorsky Region annually conducts planned research, vaccination and treatment of sheep in the region, as well as regular monitoring studies for a number of diseases. Sheep breeding in the Primorsky Region is carried out by owners of personal subsi-diary plots and peasant farms. They often independently purchase and bring sheep from other regions of Russia without accompanying documents and without taking into account the epizootic situation. In this regard, outbreaks of sheep and goat pox and contagious pustular dermatitis of sheep were registered in the Primorsky Region. However, there are diseases whose pathogens have formed natural and anthropourgic foci. Keeping sheep together with other types of farm animals (cattle, horses, pigs, goats) creates the preconditions for the spread of diseases common to them. Therefore, explanatory work with sheep owners about the need to prevent infectious diseases is necessary.