Berlin | Reuters — Germany’s ministry of food and agriculture said on Wednesday it had a suspected case of African swine fever (ASF) in a wild boar in the eastern […] Read more
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Germany reports first suspected case of African swine fever
German producers currently exporting pork to China
Paradise lost looms for German farmers as swine fever nears
As swine fever is found in wild boar in Poland, many worry infected animals will cross the border
Reuters – The German state of Brandenburg has erected about 120 kilometres of electric fencing to prevent wild boars infected with African swine fever (ASF) from straying across the border […] Read more
Wild boar groups small so far in Ontario
There is concern about growing numbers of feral hogs due to their potential role in African swine fever transmission
Reported sightings of large groups of wild pigs – known as “sounders” – in Ontario are still limited to one or two instances in the Parry Sound/Magnetawan district, although there […] Read more
Wild boars roam Czech forests, some of them radioactive
Prague | Reuters –– The Czech Republic has an unusual problem this winter with its wild boar meat, a local delicacy. The boars are radioactive. Actually, it’s not the boars […] Read more
Wild boar must be PigTrace-compatible by July 1
Canada’s farmed wild boar industry has almost four months left to get ready for the same mandatory identification, record-keeping and movement reporting rules as the mainline hog industry. The Canadian […] Read more
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