Improved surveillance, communication and collaboration are key to controlling the spread of African swine fever in Europe, according to a new risk assessment carried out by EFSA.
The assessment estimates the potential for the disease to spread across
The UK Government has issued a warning to poultry producers in the wake of the remaining threat from winter avian flu.
Bulgarian authorities said that they would cull 17,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm in the north of the country, the fifth industrial farm hit by the fast-spreading virus.
The outbreak was detected at a f
The UK government has launched a new awareness campaign to help keep African Swine Fever (ASF) from its borders.
The Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has reiterated warnings about the risks of African Swine Fever (ASF) following the seizure of pork containing DNA fragments of the disease.
