Ten outbreaks of African swine fever on Polish pig farms

In Poland, there appear to be clear links between the outbreaks of African swine fever on pig farms. In the northeast of the country, the companies of outbreaks 2, 6, 7, 9 and 10 are close to each other. Most of these farms have an average size for Poland of 146, 600, 425 and 540 pigs respectively. Only company 9 is small with 25 pigs. Outbreaks 4, 5 and 8 are close together. These are farms with 34, 102 and 125 pigs. Company 3 is located near the border in northwestern Poland, next to the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where a German company was recently found to be infected. The first outbreak this year was in southeastern Poland next to the Ukrainian border. In 2023, there were 30 outbreaks of African swine fever in domestic pigs and almost 2,700 outbreaks in wild boars in Poland. So far this year, there have been 930 outbreaks in wild boars, involving a total of more than 1,000 boars. Italy In Italy, 960 infections of African swine fever in wild boars have already ...