A case of African swine fever (ASF) was found in a wild boar in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. That's near a find that was made on a farm in the state in early November, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture announced today.
The source of the latest incident in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is still unclear, as no wild boars were previously reported in the state with the disease. The region is close to Brandenburg and the Saxon federal states, where more than 2,700 ASF cases have been reported in wild animals.
The Federal Ministry announced that the ASF case was found in a wild boar in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in a dead animal near a motorway.
Animal feces caught in car tires are known to spread the disease to other countries.
Wild boars immigrating to Germany from Poland have spread ASF, which is harmless to humans but fatal to pigs and causes significant pork export losses in countries where the disease occurs.
China and other pork buyers banned German pork imports in September 2020 after the first ASF case was found in wild animals.
Germany has tried to contain and eradicate the disease in eastern Germany through a protective corridor between two fences. In the zone within the two fences, the wild boar population would be reduced to zero by increased hunting.
The BML said it was continuing talks with China on "regionalization" that would stop importing pork only from regions in a country where swine fever has been detected, rather than imposing a blanket sales ban from across the country.
Analysts say Germany has successfully contained the disease, but ongoing discoveries in wildlife suggest that China and other large pork buyers may not lift their German pork import bans.
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