African Swine Fever -- Poland
Poland's battle to control highly contagious African swine fever (ASF) is turning into a political problem for the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party. Since Saturday [12 Jan 2019], hunters have been out in force across the country gunning for wild boars -- many of which are carriers of the deadly disease that the Polish government wants to stamp out to protect domestic pigs.
It's the scale of the cull that's causing the trouble. A total of some 20 000 wild boars will be killed over the next
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6265460&promed&0
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