ASF Confirmed for the First Time in Camerana, Italy

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The municipality of Camerana in the province of Cuneo, northern Italy, has recorded its first case of African swine fever (ASF). According to an update from the Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Piedmont, Liguria and Valle d’Aosta as of 18 October 2026, the new positive case was detected in wild boar.

Following the new finding, the number of confirmed ASF cases in wild boar in Piedmont rose to 837.

Another new case was detected in the municipality of Cengio in the province of Savona. It was the 26th case recorded in that municipality. Overall, 1,386 positive cases have been reported in Liguria, according to the cited data.

The number of ASF outbreaks on pig farms in the two regions remains unchanged at 10.

Following confirmation of the case in Camerana, the number of municipalities where ASF has been recorded at least once increased to 207.


PigUA.info, based on materials from cacciapassione.com

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