German state calls for long-term national ASF strategy

Meanwhile, further cases of African swine fever (ASF) have been reported among European backyard herds of domestic pigs and wild boar, and Hong Kong has recorded its first farm outbreak after a 12-month hiatus.

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At a meeting of agriculture department heads in Berlin last week, the representative for one state hit hard by African swine fever (ASF) called for the German federal government to develop a long-term strategy to bring the disease under control.

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