25.10.2013

Russian veterinary experts have admitted that Newcastle disease is becoming a problem, and noted that, in the last two months, the virus is spreading to various regions.
In August of this year, when the disease was first recorded it spread away from Nizhny Novgorod Oblast to Yaroslavl, Vladimir and Moscow Oblasts No cases were officialy reported in poultry farms.

Belarus has banned poultry imports from the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast region of Russia following confirmation from Russian veterinary service Rosselkhoznadzor of an outbreak of Newcastle disease in wild birds.