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Spain detects African swine fever in wild boar in Barcelona
0In a potentially massive blow for the EU pig sector, Spain, the EU’s biggest pork producer and exporter, has detected its first cases of African swine fever since 1994. The positive cases were detected in two wild boars found dead on November 26, approximately 1 km apart, near the campus of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and reported by the official veterinary services of Catalonia, Spain’s agriculture ministry said. The positive results were confirmed by the Central Veterinary Laboratory of Algete, in Madrid. The ministry has notified the EU and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) of the outbreak…