Rassegna Stampa

African Swine Fever virus (ASFv) has made its entrance in a second state in Germany: Saxony. This state borders Brandenburg in the south. In this state, all other cases have been found so far.

The female wild boar was shot during a hunting session and according to the German Ministry of Agriculture (BMEL), she did not show any clinical symptoms of ASF. This took place on Tuesday, October 27, close to Oberlausitz, in the north of Görlitz district, close to the Polish border. A wild boar piglet shot at the same time, tested negative for ASF.