more than 70,000 villages in Bulgaria have reported new cases of African swine fever. The disease was found in wild boar in Prosena, Mechka and Pisanets, following an announcement earlier this week that an outbreak of the virus had occurred at an industrial pig farm in Karamanovo. Bulgaria has begun culling its pig herd in response to the crisis; Three animals have already been euthanised.
Three villages in Bulgaria have reported new cases of African swine fever. The disease was found in wild boar in Prosena, Mechka and Pisanets, following an announcement earlier this week that an outbreak of the virus had occurred at an industrial pig farm in Karamanovo. Bulgaria has begun culling its pig herd in response to the crisis; more than 70,000 animals have already been euthanised.