ASF Poland: 16 farms infected in 2021

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The number of farms that got infected with African Swine Fever in Poland has risen rapidly over the last few weeks. At the moment 16 farm sites have been confirmed infected. The developments happen at a moment that numbers of infected wild boar rise in Western Poland and Germany, which is uncommon for the summer months.

It is a common pattern that Polish farm sites report the incidence of ASF predominantly in summer – that happened as well in previous years. In the 1st 5 months of the year, just 2 farms found African Swine Fever on their premises, but since June 19, that amount rose by 14. Most occurrences appear to be related to each other and have happened all over Poland. Virtually all farm sites are relatively small, with only one site having more than 1,000 pigs at the location. That farm, located in Nowy Tomysl district in Greater Poland province, had 1,911 pigs on-site.


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