African Swine Fever continues its march across the globe.
Over the weekend, U.S. News Dot Com says Bulgaria reported an outbreak of African Swine Fever at a breeding farm for pigs in the northeast part of the country.
A spokeswoman for the National Food Safety Authority says:
“All pigs on the holding, about 17,000 animals, will be culled.”
It may not stop with just that farm, either.
All pigs in a three-kilometer quarantine zone established around the farm may also be culled as well.
Bulgaria has stepped up its efforts to prevent the spread of deadly African Swine Fever into its national herds after reporting more than 30 cases of the disease in several regions of the country earlier this month, including areas around the border with Romania.
ASF is a highly contagious disease that affects domestic pigs as well as wild boar. It does not affect human health.