Spain's confirmed swine fever cases rise to nine
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 2, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on December 2, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Spain reports nine swine fever cases near Barcelona, halting some pork exports. The Agriculture Ministry is closely monitoring the outbreak.
MADRID, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The number of confirmed cases of African swine fever in wild boars in the same area near Barcelona in northeastern Spain rose to nine on Tuesday from two detected previously, with seven animals found dead, the Agriculture Ministry said.
The outbreak has prompted the halting of some pork exports.
(Reporting by Emma Pinedo, writing by Andrei Khalip)
African swine fever is a highly contagious viral disease affecting domestic and wild pigs, leading to severe economic losses in the pork industry.
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