Italy confirms ASF in the Piedmont region

January 7, 2022/ 333 staff.

07-Jan-2022 (4 years 5 months 1 days ago)

According to the Zooprophylactic Institute Umbria and Marche, the National Reference Center for pestiviruses, the presence of African swine fever has been confirmed in a wild boar in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. It is a dead animal found in Ovada, province of Alessandria.

ASF is present in Italy on the island of Sardinia, where the disease is endemic.

<p>ASF outbreaks reported in Europe since January 2021.</p>