ASF Germany: Commercial farm with 1,100 finishers infected

A 2nd pig farm has been infected with African Swine Fever (ASF) in the western German state Hesse, near Frankfurt am Main. This time the virus was found in a commercial finisher farm, having 1,100 pigs on-site.

German agricultural title Top Agrar reported that the virus was found near Stockstadt in the district Groß-Gerau. That is within the known infected zone.

The ministry of Agriculture of the state Hesse reported that in total 3 dead pigs were reported to the veterinary authorities on Wednesday, July 17. Other animals were said to have shown symptoms. The state laboratory confirmed the suspicion, hence the entire farm population will have to be culled.

The outbreaks in the state Hesse and in the neighbouring state Rhineland-Palatinate form a new chapter in the outbreaks of ASF in Germany. The country has had infections in its wild boar population along the eastern border with Poland since 2020. Apart from 2 incidental occurrences of infections on farms near the French and Dutch borders, the virus never made it to the western part of the country, until this summer.

In total, since 2020, now 11 farms with domestic pigs have got infected in the whole of Germany.

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