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Europe: African swine fever soars in wild boars – Swine information


In keeping with the newest ADIS knowledge for the primary quarter of this 12 months, a complete of 4,481 instances have been reported in wild boar and 168 in home pigs in 17 European international locations, confirming that the virus continues to be an energetic risk to livestock and wildlife.


Wild boar


The speed of infections in wild boar could be very excessive. Though in these latitudes seasonal unfold of the virus causes instances to extend between September and March, if the present pattern continues, the figures on the finish of the 12 months might far exceed these of 2024 (7,672 instances).


The international locations most affected by instances in wild boar embrace Poland (1,465 instances), Germany (885), Latvia (560), and Hungary (389).


Desk 1. Comparability of instances in wild boar in the course of the first quarter of this 12 months and totals for these international locations in 2024 (the desk doesn’t present knowledge for international locations that haven’t reported instances in the course of the first quarter of 2025 and that did verify instances throughout 2024).






















Nation Q1 2025 2024
Germany 885 935
Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 38
Bulgaria 271 712
Croatia 7 39
Slovakia 94 153
Estonia 22 36
Greece 56 21
Hungary 389 420
Italy 289 1200
Latvia 560 940
Lithuania 296 555
North Macedonia 2 42
Moldova 5 6
Poland 1465 2244
Romania 88 183
Serbia 23 94
Ukraine 17 15




Home pigs


With 104 instances up to now in 2025, Romania continues to guide the listing of nations with essentially the most outbreaks in home pigs, nearly half of these recorded in the complete earlier 12 months (215).


In second place is Moldova, which has gone from recording 13 outbreaks in all of 2024 to 31 within the first quarter of 2025 alone, a rise of greater than 200%.


Ukraine (12), Serbia (12), and Bosnia and Herzegovina (7) full the listing of essentially the most affected. Remoted instances have been additionally reported in Croatia (1) and Italy (1).


Nations similar to Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Macedonia, and Poland reported outbreaks final 12 months however have not reported instances within the first quarter of 2025.


Desk 2. Comparability of outbreaks in home pigs in the course of the first quarter of this 12 months and totals for these international locations in 2024 (the desk doesn’t present knowledge for international locations that haven’t reported instances throughout this primary quarter of 2025 and did verify instances throughout 2024).












Nation Q1 2025 2024
Croatia 1 6
Italy 1 31
Romania 104 215
Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 33
Moldova 31 13
Serbia 12 304
Ukraine 12 70

April 8, 2025/ 333 Employees with ADIS knowledge.

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