The Agrarheute portal reported on Tuesday the occurrence of ASF in Hesse. The disease appeared in a small herd of pigs – it consisted of only nine animals. All pigs in the infected herd were immediately killed, and disinfection and disposal activities were implemented at the site of the outbreak. A protective area with a radius of 3 km and a monitored zone with a radius of 10 km have been designated around the farm.
In Hesse, this was the first outbreak confirmed in a herd of pigs, but several outbreaks in the wild boar population had previously occurred there.
In turn, in Rhineland-Palatinate we had the first outbreak of the plague. It was confirmed in a dead wild boar found in the Alzey-Worms district.
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Over 100 new ASF outbreaks in wild boars
ASF in Germany
ASF in Germany appeared in the fall of 2020. Since then, the disease has been confirmed in six federal states, with the vast majority of them occurring in the areas bordering Poland – in Brandenburg and Saxony. According to data from July 9 (quoted by Agrarheute), since the beginning of the epizootic, 5,778 outbreaks have been confirmed in wild boars and 6 outbreaks in pigs. The situation in individual federal states is as follows.
- Baden-Württemberg – 1 outbreak in pigs
- Brandenburg – 3,323 outbreaks in wild boars
- Hesse – 14 outbreaks in wild boars, one outbreak in pigs
- Mecklenburg – Western Pomerania – 48 outbreaks in wild boars
- Rhineland-Palatinate – 1 outbreak in wild boars
- Lower Saxony – 1 outbreak in pigs
- Saxony – 2,393 outbreaks in wild boars
In turn, data from the European Commission (current as of June 24) indicate that this year in Germany, 119 ASF outbreaks have been confirmed in wild boars and one in a herd of pigs.
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Will the preventive slaughter of pigs in the Gniezno district be resumed?
