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In 2021, ASF outbreaks in the eastern regions were registered only in private backyard farms, while this year, Russian veterinary specialists expect to discover the virus in the population of wild boars. - Photo: Jan Vullings

05-08-2022 | News

ASF in Russia gains a foothold in Siberia and Urals

The outbreak was discovered on a farm with 280 sows and roughly 1,500 piglets, according to the authorities in Lower Saxony. - Photo: Michel Velderman

02-07-2022 | News

ASF Germany: First case on farm in Lower Saxony

The border fence just south of Guben, Germany. In the background is the Neisse river, 1 of the 2 rivers separating Germany from Poland. - Photo: Kees van Dooren & Vincent ter Beek

08-06-2022 | News

AVP season 2022 seems to have started

The case that has been confirmed on May 25th in Forchheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, is the first proof of the presence of ASF at the western border of Germany. - Photo: Henk Riswick

31-05-2022 | News

ASF Germany: ASF on its border puts France on high alert

ASF was found in the district of Emmendingen, on a finisher farm close to the border with France. - Photo: Henk Riswick

26-05-2022 | News

ASF Germany: Virus reaches outdoor farm in the south

A healthy wild boar in a forest in northern Italy. - Photo: Canva

23-05-2022 | News

ASF Italy: Wild boar cases around Rome rise to 10

A wild boar roaming the streets of Rome, before ASF was detected there. - Photo: Alberto Pizzoli

13-05-2022 | News

ASF Italy: More infected wild boar near Rome

If the ASF virus in Italy follows the pattern of other outbreaks elsewhere in Europe, it is likely that more positive wild boar will be found around Rome in the coming days. - Photo: Canva

06-05-2022 | News

ASF Italy: Infected wild boar found in outskirts Rome

War and agriculture do not go well together. The effects of the war in Ukraine will be felt in commodity prices. - Photo: Shutterstock

02-05-2022 | Expert opinion

Quarterly update: Global pork market is in a phoney war

Hanging wood (or a branch) off the floor will keep it cleaner and allows more pigs to interact with it. - Photo: Dr Jen-Yun Chou

07-03-2022 | Expert opinion

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