June 26, 2023

Five ASF outbreaks in Poland so far this year

There have been five outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) affecting pigs in Poland so far this year, impacting a total of 2117 susceptible animals.

The first outbreak was on April 12 and the rest of the outbreaks occurred in June.

The outbreaks include:

    - April 12: A farm with 16 susceptible pigs in Lubań, Lubań commune, Lubań poviat, Lower Silesian Voivodeship;

    - June 14: A farm with 94 pigs in Wielowieś, Międzychód commune, Międzychód County in Wielkopolskie Voivodship;

    - June 15: A farm with 109 pigs in the village of Bezwola Górne, Wohyń municipality, Radzyn county in Lubelskie Voivodeship; another farm with 682 pigs in the village of Mieczniki, municipality of Banie Mazurskie, Gołdapski County in the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodship;

    - June 16: A farm with 1,216 pigs in Rudzieniec, the municipality of Milanów, Parczewski county, Lubelskie Voivodeship.

- GIW