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Spain Confirms Two New Wild Boar ASF Cases and Bird Flu at Bellpuig, Forcing Culling of 235,000 Hens

Authorities keep existing restriction zones in place during an intensive surveillance and coordination push.

Un jabalí por el cauce del Río Ter, en Gerona, el 27 de diciembre
Mossos y Guardia Civil registran la sede del IRTA-CReSA, el laboratorio señalado por la peste porcina
El conseller de Agricultura, Òscar Ordeig, en su comparecencia para explicar la secuenciación del virus de la peste porcina hecho por el IRB.

Overview

  • The Central Veterinary Laboratory in Algete confirmed two additional African swine fever positives in wild boar within the six‑kilometre Cerdanyola zone, bringing the total to 29 and leaving restriction boundaries unchanged.
  • Officials state the ASF detections are confined to wild boar with no domestic pig outbreaks reported in the affected area.
  • A highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreak at a Bellpuig laying‑hen farm was confirmed and depopulation is underway, with investigators pointing to contact with an infected wild bird as the leading hypothesis.
  • Regional authorities report that tests at 58 nearby poultry holdings around Bellpuig have returned negative so far, while Spain maintains nationwide confinement of domestic birds and has logged a Newcastle disease focus in Valencia province.
  • The RASVE committee met to coordinate responses on ASF, avian influenza and contagious bovine dermatosis, reviewing cross‑border vaccination plans as Spain reports no new DNC cases since October and begins lifting restrictions in Girona.