African swine fever near Barcelona

[Buchan]

Its not my theory, they have enough documented cases of snap being found in German laybys and dead boar then found nearby.
My berufsjaeger pal Rene is for the last few years an official boar cadaver searcher using his trained hounds in the Rheinland Pfalz area of Germany. He told me this.

The Flying Sandwich is, sadly a recognised and real concern for many animal diseases. The Swine Fever outbreak in 2000 was I think due to this

 

[CookM]

The Flying Sandwich is, sadly a recognised and real concern for many animal diseases. The Swine Fever outbreak in 2000 was I think due to this

Yes,one over the hedge spread across the farm.
I think a south american strain?

I jokingly tell APHA of my "pork pie chuck "rule when setting up fields near to roads.

A good grass margin could save disaster.

ASF in UK pigs would be utterly catastrophic.

 

[Pighunter]

Latest here.

EU expands African swine fever restriction zone in Catalonia to 91 municipalities

Restrictions prohibit exports from this area and require implementation of 'provisional emergency measures' to contain disease

www.catalannews.com

 

[Pighunter]

New possible reason for the outbreak

Authorities probe possible lab leak as source of African swine fever outbreak

Spanish government launches investigation as genome does not match circulating European strains, but one typically used in labs

www.catalannews.com

 

[CookM]

New possible reason for the outbreak

Authorities probe possible lab leak as source of African swine fever outbreak

Spanish government launches investigation as genome does not match circulating European strains, but one typically used in labs

www.catalannews.com

The plot thickens.

 

[Pighunter]

Latest update below, at least they seem to have contained it for the time being.

Catalonia sends ASF virus sequencing to EU lab to compare strains amid lab leak suspicions

Results expected this week will be the "most important piece of evidence" in determining whether the virus originated at the IRTA-CReSA laboratory

www.catalannews.com

 

[Polar Lynx]

It is interesting that african warthogs are immune to African Swine Fever (ASF) but Euroasian boar not. Warthogs and boar really same specices. Therefore there is a lot of effort worldvide to find the gen(s) which make warthogs immune. Perhaps such studies were taken place in the Catalonian lab and someone dropped a test tube ...

 

[CookM]

I attended a meeting monday,it was quoted that at the point of China dropping the Spanish imported pork immediately,it cost Spain £26M a day to their GDP.

The UK price dropped ten days ago too,l can see the excess production coming our way,further dropping UK prices.