Poland ASF: new case, first in province with highest pig production

A wild boar infected with ASF has been found in Greater Poland, the area with the highest pig population. According to data from the statistics service (GUS) in 2018, Greater Poland represents 36% of the country's total pig census.

On December 4, 2019, the Chief Veterinary Officer reported the first case of African swine fever (ASF) in the Wielkopolska voivodship (Greater Poland) following an investigation conducted at the State Veterinary Institute.

The body of the wild boar was found in Wolsztyn county, approximately 5 km from the fence at the border of the Lubusz and Wielkopolskie voivodeships.

Recently, cases of ASF have been confirmed in feral pigs near the cities of Zielona Góra and Nowogród Bobrzański, only about 45 km from the German border.

See map of ASF outbreaks in Poland.

Thursday, December 5, 2019/ GIW/ Poland.
www.wetgiw.gov.pl

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