Swine fever kills 1.5 million pigs in Europe and hits slaughterhouses

In just two years, African swine fever killed 1.5 million pigs in Europe alone. World data rise to 2.02 million deaths among domestic pigs and wild boar, the main ones affected by this disease, which has a mortality rate of almost 100%. That's a problem when pork accounts for 35% of the world's animal protein intake. Swine fever was eradicated in Europe in the 1990s, although it reappeared in 2005, although it was not until 2014 that the first cases occurred in Europe. This disease has already been reported in 32 different countries and since 2020 in 10 more. years swine fever deaths on the mainland were 654,809. And approximately 20% in just one year. These data are worrying for the meat sector. If global data are taken into account, the picture is even more alarming. The deaths of domestic pigs and wild boars amount to 2.02 million in 2022, that is, 142% more than in 2020, when there were 832,698. The latest data for 2021 also reflects this upward trend. In the period of one ...