Shorouk Express Spanish authorities said Saturday they are investigating five laboratories in an effort to find the source of an African swine fever outbreak that has unnerved Europe’s leading pork-producing nation. The probes were announced after Spain’s agriculture ministry said on Friday that the virus identified was “very similar” to a strain frequently used in…
Shorouk Express Spain on Monday deployed more than 100 troops to help contain an outbreak of African swine fever outside Barcelona that has sparked fears for the country’s powerful pork export industry. They are joining 300 Catalan regional officials deployed in the Collserola Natural Park, where two dead boars that tested positive for the disease…
Shorouk Express Spain was scrambling on Saturday to limit the economic impact from an outbreak of African swine fever, a day after announcing its first cases in three decades in the Catalonia region. The virus does not affect humans but is highly contagious and fatal for pigs, and an outbreak is potentially devastating for the…
