Analysis of the episootic situation of cattle leukemia in the Siberian Federal District

The analysis of the epizootic situation of cattle leukemia in the Siberian Federal District as a whole and in individual regions of the district is given. The study was carried out in the Republics of Altai, Tuva and Khakassia, in the Altai and Krasnoyarsk Territories and in five regions: Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Novosibirsk, Omsk and Tomsk. The materials of diagnostic studies obtained by veterinary specialists of the Siberian Federal District for 2017-2019 are presented. This information has been analyzed and summarized both for the Siberian Federal District as a whole and for its individual constituent entities. Studies show the spread of bovine leukemia virus infection in the whole district. A tense epizootic situation with cattle leukemia was noted, since the Siberian Federal District ranks second in Russia in terms of the number of adverse locations (322). However, compared to 2017, the number of adverse locations in 2019 decreased by 57, sick animals - by 977 heads, infected animals - by 70836 heads. The number of adverse locations has decreased slightly, while the number of infected animals in some regions has increased. As of January 1, 2020, no hematologically sick animals were found in the Republics of Altai, Khakassia, Buryatia and Tuva, but the number of animals infected with BLV increased. The experience of individual regions of the country that are free from BLV infection (Sverdlovsk, Vologda, Leningrad, Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Kostroma, Kirov regions, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District, etc.) shows that bovine leukemia is an infection that can be controlled. It is possible to eliminate the disease in herds of cattle with any level of BLV infection as a result of carrying out complex health-improving measures, as well as organizational and veterinary-sanitary measures with the obligatory removal of sick and BLV infected animals from the herd.

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