US EditionSpain Launches Wild Boar Cull After African Swine Fever Detected Near Barcelona
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Analyses of dead boars rule out that the strain is derived from other European countries
The Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Generalitat, Oscar Ordeig, said on Wednesday that "the great majority" of the 50 wild boars found dead in the area of Collserola (Barcelona) where the first nine cases of African swine fever (PPA) have been recorded are negative in the disease.This is what he said in an interview in 'La 2 Cat', where he expressed "almost certain" that the PPP has entered by human factor through th…
Conseller Ordeig has assured that “almost certain” the disease has entered by “human factor”
Regarding the assertion that hunting is a “management tool that has helped keep wild boar populations in check,” the Department of Agriculture acknowledges that “it is one of the fundamental measures,” but that it is “necessary to combine hunting activities with population control measures.” Regarding the role of the Military Emergency Unit (UME) in managing the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak, according to the Generalitat (Catalan government…
Spain Launches Wild Boar Cull After African Swine Fever Detected Near Barcelona
Spain’s pork industry is on high alert after African swine fever (ASF) was confirmed in several wild boar outside Barcelona — the country’s first detected cases since 1994. The Catalonia region is now moving quickly to reduce its wild boar population, including expanded culls, to prevent the virus from reaching commercial herds. First Cases in […] The post Spain Launches Wild Boar Cull After African Swine Fever Detected Near Barcelona appeared f…
Farms are kept free from African swine fever a week after the sighting detected in Collserola (Barcelona)
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