Another 26,000 pigs have to be slaughtered due to African swine fever in Romania

Another 26,000 pigs have to be slaughtered by the Romanian Animal Health and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) following the detection of African swine fever (ASP) virus in a pig farm in Braila, East Romania – the Mediafax news agency told on Monday.

According to ANSVA’s county leader, the authority has taken the necessary measures to isolate the pig farm in Gulianca, and the 26,000 animals raised on the farm will be slaughtered to prevent the spread of the infection. Farm owners will receive compensation. (Baranyi László, MTI)