According to the Zooprophylactic Institute Umbria and Marche, the National Reference Center for pestiviruses, the presence of African swine fever has been confirmed in a wild boar in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. It is a dead animal found in Ovada, province of Alessandria.
ASF is present in Italy on the island of Sardinia, where the disease is endemic.
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![ASF outbreaks reported in Europe since January 2021.](https://www.pig333.com/3tres3_common/art/pig333/18010/asf-in-italy_193551.jpg?w=820&q=1&ts=1653979446)
ASF outbreaks reported in Europe since January 2021.
January 7, 2022/ 333 staff.