African swine fever declines in pigs and wild boar in the European Union by 2022

Over the past decade, African swine fever has had a huge impact on the pig farming sector in the EU and continues to damage local and regional economies. While our latest report shows encouraging signs that efforts to stop the spread of the virus may be having an effect, the picture across the EU is by no means positive. Farmers, hunters and veterinarians have a particularly important role to play in reporting suspected cases,” said Bernhard Url, Executive Director of EFSA. In 2022, ASF outbreaks among domestic pigs in the EU decreased by 79% compared to 2021. The decrease was particularly pronounced in Romania, Poland and Bulgaria. Lithuania, by contrast, recorded a slight increase caused by a cluster of outbreaks reported in the summer in the southwest of the country. Eight EU countries (Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia) and four neighboring non-EU countries (Moldova, North Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine) have reported outbreaks in ...