Once again, the swine plague

Nervousness in the Spanish pork sector is widespread after it was confirmed that nearly a dozen wild boars found dead in the Collserola park, near the city of Barcelona, were affected by African swine fever, a disease that had not appeared on the Iberian Peninsula for three decades. Although it is a disease that does not affect humans, there is still no cure and there is concern that it could infect pig farms in a country where pig production is of enormous importance. The crisis caused by this disease in China between 2018 and 2020 is not far from memory, which led to a drastic decrease in the pig population in the world's largest producer and consumer. Spain is not in the same situation, but it still plays a leading role in the international market, especially in the higher quality sector. For example, Spain is the supplier of nearly 25% of the pork imported by China. Immediately, some countries closed their borders to pork produced in all of Spain (Taiwan, Japan, Mexico), while ...