African Swine Fever -- Belgium
France will cull all wild boar in a zone along the Belgian border to try and avoid an outbreak of a deadly swine disease after new cases were discovered nearby in Belgium, the French agriculture ministry said on [Mon 14 Jan 2019]. France has been on alert for African swine fever [ASF] since the virus was confirmed in September [2018] among wild boar in Belgium, not far from the French border. ASF, harmless for humans, is often deadly for pigs, and outbreaks in Eastern Europe and China have
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