Significantly less ASF in Europe in 2022

By about 45 percent. fewer ASF cases than in 2021 According to data from the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) based on the European Animal Disease Notification System (ADNS), a total of 7760 cases and outbreaks related to the ASF virus were detected in the European Union, Serbia, Moldova, North Macedonia and Ukraine in 2022 . This, by 6215, or 44.5 percent. less than in the previous year. The number of infections in the domestic pig population decreased by 71.3 percent. and up to 533 farms. In wild boar, there was a decrease in the number of cases by 40.4 percent. to 7227. However, the fact that this animal disease has reappeared in three countries, Italy, the Czech Republic and North Macedonia, must be assessed negatively. A total of 15 European countries have been affected by ASF. Poland has the highest number of cases in wild boars Again, most cases of ASF were reported from Poland (2108); However, this is more than a third less than in 2021. The number of infected pig farms ...