US EditionEight more suspected swine fever cases as Spain struggles to limit export damage
Spain faces trade restrictions after eight more wild boar near Barcelona showed suspected African swine fever; one-third of export certificates are blocked, risking $10.2 billion industry.
- MADRID, Nov 30 — La Vanguardia newspaper reported eight more wild boar with suspected African swine fever near Barcelona on Sunday, citing sources close to the Catalan agriculture ministry, while Reuters was unable to reach the Catalan government for comment.
- African swine fever spreads rapidly among pigs and wild boar and is not harmful to humans, raising concern after Spain’s first outbreak since 1994 in the European Union’s top pork producer.
- Testing is under way on a dozen suspected animals, and two confirmed cases have been reported; if confirmed, the infected total would reach 14.
- Several importing governments have halted Spanish pork, and a third of 400 export certificates are blocked, with Agriculture Minister Luis Planas saying `We are working to open them as quickly as possible.`
- Spain’s pork exports are worth 8.8 billion euros a year, which equals $10.2 billion, according to reporting by Graham Keeley and editing by David Holmes.
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Two areas less than a kilometre away in Collserola, in the vicinity of the Autonomous University of Barcelona and separated by the AP-7 motorway, have been the scene where the first two dead boars infected with African swine fever (APC) were located. Animal health authorities investigate how the infection occurred, as transmission through wild boars from areas with the virus seems unlikely, given that France and Portugal are free from the diseas…
The Generalitat maintains the two security perimeters of six and 20 kilometers around the epicenter and the limitation of access to the natural park
Eight more suspected swine fever cases as Spain struggles to limit export damage
Eight more wild boar with suspected cases of African swine fever were discovered near Barcelona, La Vanguardia newspaper reported on Sunday, as Spain struggles to limit the damage to a pork export industry worth billions of euros a year.
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