US EditionSpain detects first swine fever cases outside initial Barcelona outbreak zone
- On Friday, Catalonia's regional authorities detected two African swine fever cases in wild boar near El Papiol and Molins de Rei, towns without pork farms, outside the original Barcelona outbreak area.
- The outbreak began in the Collserola hills north of Barcelona, Spain's first since 1994, with over 100 cases detected in wild boars and none on farms.
- Officials will deploy disinfection and drone-based searches, and Oscar Ordeig said `It was an expected outcome that at some point one of the boar would move to the south.`
- Spain's export sector faces immediate risks as the outbreak has disrupted Spain's pork exports and trading partners often restrict imports after outbreaks.
- With 155 infected pigs recorded, 13 new cases highlight rapid spread among pigs and wild boar, and Ordeig said, `More than ever, it is essential not to lower our guard against a disease that remains present.
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Epizootic disease continues to progress in Catalonia and the authorities are concerned: two new cases of African swine fever have been recorded in two wild boars found dead outside the established security perimeter.
The Generalitat has detected 13 new cases, two in an urbanization of Molins de Rei (Barcelona), outside the high risk radius
When the first two wild boars infected with African swine fever (PPA) were found on 28 November in the municipality of Bellaterra (Barcelona) - in what was the return of the virus to Spain since 1994 when our country declared itself free from the disease - the authorities already warned that the fight to prevent its spread was going to be a race in the background.
The Generalitat's Department of Agriculture has reported the detection of 13 new cases of African swine fever in the province of Barcelona, two of them outside the...
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