Dozens of new outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Poland. Two regions dominate.

37 new outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) were registered in Poland within just a week, reports the country's Chief Veterinary Inspectorate. Most of these are concentrated in two voivodeships. The majority of the new cases of positive ASF tests were recorded in the Lublin and Pomeranian Voivodeships. The disease has also appeared in four other regions. Associate Professor Georgi Zhelev: ASF is being controlled in swine complexes, but the danger remains In the new cases, there are confirmed traces of contact with the virus in 54 animals. 25 of the outbreaks are linked to dead wild pigs, 9 to wild pigs killed in incidents, and 3 to shot wild pigs. Since the beginning of the year, 2812 outbreaks of ASF in wild pigs have been confirmed in Poland. Most of these occurred in the first half of the year, with a seasonal decline in cases observed in the summer. However, the number of confirmed weekly cases is likely to start increasing again towards the end of the year, specialists ...