US EditionSpanish Authorities to Investigate Five Laboratories in Search for Origin of African Swine Fever Outbreak
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The restaurants of the park suffer the consequences of the prohibition of access to natural areas, while the Mossos d'Esquadra patrol to avoid access to restricted areasThe government is now investigating whether the origin of the outbreak of swine fever is in a laboratory “But can you enter the temple?” Leticia, Salesian sister who has come to Barcelona from Uruguay, is surprised on the way from the Funicular to Vallvidrera. “I want to see Don …
A laboratory located a few kilometres from the area in Catalonia where dead wild boars have been found attracts particular attention.
The president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Salvador Illa, has commissioned the Institute of Agricultural Food Research and Technology (Irta, for its acronym in Catalan) an audit of all the centers that work with the African swine fever virus (PPA) within the radius of 20 kilometers where the outbreak has occurred.It is not currently ruled out that the origin of the outbreak has left a laboratory.Illa has said that these centers "are not more…
Barcelona, December 7, 2025 — In Catalonia, fear of African swine fever (ASF) is rekindled and, this time, it is not only the spontaneous spread of the virus that worries authorities and farmers. As reported by the Guardian, investigators are in fact evaluating the possibility that the outbreak that exploded outside Barcelona may have originated from a laboratory leak. A hypothesis that until a few days ago seemed remote, but which has now offic…
The Spanish authorities that invest in African porcine fishing in Catalonia analyze the possibility of the disease being removed from a research unit and concentrate on five laboratories from...
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The audit commissioned by the Generalitat de Catalunya to clarify the origin of the outbreak of African swine fever will be carried out by a mixed team of Catalan experts, from the rest of Spain and from the European Union. This has been announced by the Agriculture Councillor, Oscar Ordeig, in an appearance this Sunday from Lleida. The Catalan Executive thus diversifies the commission in charge of determining whether the virus that has spread t…
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