GERMANY CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER OUTBREAK
March 1st, 2006
BY ALAN OSBORN
Outbreaks of classical swine fever have been reported at two pig farms in North-Rhine Westphalia in Germany, a region where the disease had been known to occur in wild boar. European Commission experts are helping determine whether there is any link between the cases. Meanwhile the Germans have applied rigorous measures to control the outbreak including the killing and destruction of all pigs at the two farms and all those within a radius of one kilometer. Protection zones with a 3 km radius, surveillance zones up to 10 km radius and a 20 Km ...
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