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ADNS-ADIS data for the period from January to September of this year show that ASF cases in the European Union are far from decreasing, but rather are increasing with each passing month. During the first nine months of this year, 8,885 cases have been confirmed in wild boar, higher than in the same period of the previous year (with 8,567) and 1,208 outbreaks in domestic animals, well above the 862 for the same period of 2020.
Evolution of ASF outbreaks in the EU.
Of note was the appearance of the disease for the first time in domestic pigs in Germany on July 17, as well as the outbreak on a pig farm in Estonia, where no cases of ASF in domestic pigs had been confirmed since 2017. In contrast, Lithuania has not confirmed any cases in domestic pigs so far this year. In Romania, outbreaks have soared, at 1,119, already surpassing the total number of outbreaks in 2020 (1,053). Poland, which remained free of outbreaks until March, has seen a spike in August, when 41 outbreaks were confirmed, bringing the total number to date to 82, still below the number of outbreaks confirmed for the same period in 2020. This significant increase in the number of outbreaks in Poland is compounded by the fact that they have appeared in areas where the disease had not previously been detected.
ASF outbreaks in domesticated pigs in affected EU countries. Source: ADNS-ADIS
While the number of cases in wild boar is decreasing in Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, if we compare the values between January and September 2021 with those of 2020, significant increases are observed in Slovakia and Germany and a slight increase in Romania.
Cases of ASF in wild boar in affected EU countries. Source: ADNS-ADIS
September 7, 2021/ 333 Staff from information from ADNS-ADIS and MAPA.
