New ASF Case Confirmed in High-Risk Zone Near Barcelona

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Another case of African swine fever (ASF) has been confirmed in the high-risk Collserola zone near Barcelona. The total number of detected cases in the area has now reached 410, according to the Catalan government’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food.

Over the past week, specialists tested 201 samples, of which 0.5% were positive.

A further 340 wild boar were also captured within the restricted zone. Since the measures began, a total of 13,376 animals have been captured in the infected zone.


PigUA.info, based on materials from Europa Press

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