Spain Swine Fever Outbreak Grows With 10 New Wild Boar Deaths
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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Rural agents mark off a road with tape and signs due to African swine fever in Barbera del Valles, Spain, on Dec. 5.Photographer: Marc Asensio/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesSpain reported 10 new cases of wild boar deaths from African swine fever, expanding an outbreak that has put the major pork exporter into high alert. The dead animals, which bring the total count to 26 since the outbreak emerged in November, were found in the vicinity of the first cases in the municipality of Cerdanyola del Valles, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of downtown Barcelona, the Spanish government said in a statement. An additional 208 carcasses of dead boars have been analyzed and tested negative.