Another case of African swine fever (ASF) in domestic pigs has been confirmed in Brandenburg. In a small population near Letschtin (Märkisch-Oderland), four animals are affected, as the consumer protection ministry announced on Saturday.
The Friedrich Loeffler Institute had confirmed the suspicion. Two fattening pigs have already died and two sick animals should have been killed, it said.
Previously, cases of the animal disease in nearby Kienitz – also a very small farm – and in an organic farm with 200 animals in the Spree-Neisse district had been confirmed. It was the first ASF cases in domestic pigs in Brandenburg.
Meanwhile, consumer protection minister Ursula Nonnemacher (Greens) has rejected the allegation of the farmers’ association that the state government is doing too little against swine fever. All possible measures at the state level to contain the epidemic were taken and implemented very quickly, she said on Saturday.
African swine fever is a viral disease that affects wild and domestic pigs and is usually fatal for the animals. ASP is harmless to humans. The disease was first detected in wild boars in Brandenburg last September.
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