News African swine fever
AVP jumps through Germany
It was initially thought that the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in Germany was limited to 2 districts in Brandenburg. An infection has now also been found in a third district.
A new contamination has been detected approximately 70 kilometers outside the core area. This takes place in the district of Märkisch-Oderland, where no infections had been found until now. The district is located north of the affected areas Spree-Neisse and Oder Spree and still falls within the Brandenburg area.
It concerns a wild boar that was shot by a hunter in Oderbruch. Last night (September 29), a crisis team was set up to establish a core zone with a radius of 5 kilometers and an endangered area with a radius of 15 kilometers in Märkisch-Oderland.
Confirmed
The suspicion was based on suspicious changes in the wild boar's internal organs. The Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) has now confirmed that it is an ASF infection. Despite caution and swift transition to action, there is no immediate cause for panic. According to Henri Wendorff, president of the Brandenburg Farmers' Association, it may also be a spread of Poland because the boar was shot in the immediate vicinity of the German-Polish border.
Chanti Oussoren
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