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The animals were detected on backyard farms located near the border with Ukraine.

Taking into account the high risk of transmission of ASF by wild boar, the EU has banned the dispatch of wild boars between Member States.

Parliament approved plans to erect a 1.5-metre fence across the Danish-German border.

Despite the rejection by the Government, the team comprised by several ministers will review the plans for the building of the wall.

The new cases of African Swine Fever in Poland and Latvia represent an increase in the level of risk and the affected areas must be subject to further restrictions.

African swine fever (ASF) has been confirmed in a dead wild boar found in Hungary, a few kilometres away from the border with Ukraine.

The Consortium ENETWILD is focusing on the collection of wild boar abundance and occurrence data for the analysis of the risk factors of African Swine Fever spread.

Since the confirmation of the first ASF case in the country, 6 animals have already been affected by the disease.

A second case of ASF in a wild boar has been confirmed in Hungary

Last Friday, the veterinary authorities of Moldova informed the WOAH/OIE of the appearance of a new ASF outbreak in pigs.

Following the discovery of African swine fever in a wild boar in northern Hungary, several countries have announced a ban on pork and pork products.

African swine fever has been reported in wild boar in Hungary for the first time.

The number of outbreaks of ASF in domestic pigs and wild boar has decreased significantly in recent years.

In Eastern Europe, African swine fever is expanding increasingly. Since the beginning of this year there have been 2,259 new African swine fever cases in the European Union and Ukraine.