– If the cattle fever is like now or how yesterday and if all this continues to happen, you will tell me fairy tales, if you don't know where I come from and the cattle will die, we will come to the fact that we will have nothing to eat ourselves – said Aleksander Lukashenko, quoted by the opposition portal Karta '97.
The Belarusian dictator in the 1980s worked in kolkhozes in Belarus. In 1987 he became the director of the Sowchoza in Szkłów. – I remember how I forced people to work during Soviet times. There were effects. There must be discipline. As soon as it relaxes a little, everything will collapse and fall – added the politician.
- Poles full of anxiety. A dangerous virus at the gates. The losses can be huge
The cattle population falls strongly through the plague in Belarus
At the end of 2023, the cattle population in Belarus was about 1.3 million pieces. As the Independent Belarusian information portal came at the end of May this year, the country is struggling with a serious problem of mortality and a decrease in the cattle population. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the mortality rate in 2024 amounted to almost 148 thousand. pieces, and only during the first four months of this year, this number reached 52 thousand.
– What do statistics say? Power reached the highest level in history – said in May, quoted by Belta, Łukaszenko. – As a person from the village and working in agriculture, I do not understand at all how you can allow the death of these small calves – added a Belarusian politician.
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According to the Belarusian Minister of Agriculture, Yuri Gorłów, there is no one “global reason” of the death of farm animals. The portal closed.
This is an infectious bacterial disease that mainly affects breeding animals, such as cattle, sheep and goats, but can also move to people. This disease in man is also known under the names: Maltese fever, Banga's disease, wavy fever, goat fever, rock fever, Gibraltar fever and Rio Grande fever. For people, it is completely cured.
In animals, it can lead to infertility, the birth of dead calves, as well as inflammation of the reproductive organs and lists. In many cases, the course is chronic and asymptomatic, which makes it difficult to detect early. It is often fatal for animals. Sanitary and elimination agents are used to treat.
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Lukashenko proposed a “solution” to the problem of cattle fever in Belarus. He suggested that calves from the regions affected by Pomerania, such as the Vitebian or Mogilewski region, were sold to well -functioning farms – where the cattle are not raining.
