A hearth of hers African swine fever was found in a farm in Germanyat a distance of 6 km from the border with France, in Forsheim am Kaiserstool, as announced today by the French Ministry of Agriculture.
In the pigsty they were bred, in the open, 35 animals that were killed. “It has not been identified yet no cases in the wild of the surrounding area “clarified the ministry. A “crisis committee” will be set up next week, representing “all relevant professionals and government agencies”, he added.
An outbreak of African swine fever was also found on a farm where they were raised 1,500 animalsin the city of Hongchon in northeastern South Korea. All the farm animals were killed in order not to spread the disease while the other pig farms in the area will be investigated, according to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
African swine fever is not transmitted to humans but often is fatal to animalsresulting in breeders suffering from financial losses. It originated in Africa and spread to Europe and Asia, killing hundreds of thousands of pigs around the world.
It’s the first time since seven months a case of this zoonotic disease is detected in South Korea. In Europe, African swine fever has been circulating in Italy since January, where the government is implementing a plan to eradicate the virus from the Rome area, where eight cases have been identified.
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