Fatal Cases of African Swine Fever Worry Local Pork Industry

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Catalonia detects two wild boars killed by the disease, which can kill all pigs on a farm in days. Japan, Mexico and the United Kingdom have already banned imports of Spanish meat, while China has chosen to limit only those from the province of Barcelona

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The swine fever has returned to Spain more than 31 years after the last case was detected. This was confirmed this morning by the Ministry of Agriculture following the notification of the veterinary services of the Generalitat de Catalunya, which detected two positive wild boars to the PPA virus (African swine fever) in Bellaterra (Barcelona), where they were found dead on 26 November. Later, the Central Veterinary Laboratory of Algete (Madrid) …

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The official veterinary services of the Generalitat de Catalunya have notified the Ministry of Agriculture this Friday of the detection in two wild boars of the African swine fever virus (PPA) in Bellaterra (Barcelona), where they were found dead on 26 November. In a statement, the department headed by Minister Luis Planas, has pointed out that both positives were confirmed by the Central Veterinary Laboratory of Algete (Madrid). This is the fir…

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The Generalitat confirms two positives in wild boars, not in farm pigs, and activates the contingency plan with a radius of 20 km in which the transfer and export of meat of these animals is prohibited.The Generalitat de Catalunya has confirmed this Friday two positives of African swine fever in feral pigs killed in Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona), the first cases detected in Spain since November 1994, as reported in a statement. As a result o…

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The official veterinary services of the Generalitat of Catalonia have notified the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the detection of two wild boars...