ASF Spain: Virus does not seem to spread; lab source not excluded

the minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of Catalonia, an autonomous community within Spain. He called the containment a priority. In total 15 pig farms can be found within the designated area and they are currently being inspected for presence of the virus. Barcelona-based newspaper La Vanguardiareported that the Catalan government has ruled out sanitary culling, which is being requested by large livestock and meat companies in Spain to prevent the epidemic from reaching their farms. The industry also demanded the swift culling of all wild boars within a 20 km radius, a measure that has also failed to gain traction. Everything, however, appears to be calm and quiet on the farm site. The 35,600 fattening pigs on those farms will be slaughtered as normal and can be released for consumption. There continues to be a level of uncertainty about the origins of the virus. A team will look deeper into it – with members of the committee being announced this Monday. Soon ...