date:Sep 14, 2018
France called on Thursday for protective measures following reports that African swine fever had been detected in wild boars in Belgium near the French border.
The disease, highly viral for pigs but not dangerous for humans, has been spreading in the European Union, mainly in the eastern part of the bloc where it has led to the culling of hundred thousands of animals.
The confirmation today of the presence of the virus in Belgium (in the west of the EU) represents a new progression of the dise