US EditionSpain Investigates Origin of Swine Virus Affecting Pork Exports
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"We are surrounded." 90 kilometres from the French border, near Barcelona, two wild boars found dead on 26 September, then four more this weekend, were tested positive at the African Porcine Fever (FPA). After Germany and Italy, Spain is now affected by this highly contagious viral disease, which affects only wild boars and domestic pigs. No vaccine or treatment currently helps to combat its proliferation."This alert must be an electroshock for …
Little by little, the doors of relevant markets outside the European Union (EU) are being reopened to Spanish pigs. The Agriculture Councillor of the Generalitat de Catalunya has announced that South Korea will allow Spain to export Spanish pigs outside the surveillance zone. Only the 39 farms in this area will be excluded. An achievement that occurs after China, where we exported almost 1.1 billion euros in pig products last year, will agree to…
Union of Farmers and Livestock Unions has insisted on the need to concentrate resources on the containment and eradication of the outbreak of African swine fever (PPA) through measures such as the reduction of wild fauna (jabalíes) or the emptying of farms in the affected area, so that the investigation of origin does not [...] The Union of Unions entry insists on the need to concentrate resources on the containment of the outbreak of swine feve…
Appreciates the launch of a complete investigation and an independent audit to clarify the origin of the virus ...
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