Threat to pig industry as ASF advances in Germany
657 cases of ASF have emerged in domestic pigs in Europe since the start of 2021. File Picture.
The worldwide spread of the African swine fever (ASF) virus advanced into domestic pigs in Germany recently.
With Germany, France, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Poland together having about half of the EU’s pigs, the jump from wild boars to domestic pigs in the east of Germany increases the threat to the industry from the disease which has completely disrupted the global pigmeat trade, mostly due to African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreaks in China and its neighbouring countries.
