Flu pandemic actions concerning pigs

A worker feeds pigs in a breeding farm near the city of Katerini in northern Greece, Thursday. Greece detected its first case of African swine fever at a breeding farm in the north of the country this week, agriculture ministry officials said. [Reuters]

Some 17,000 pigs will be culled in an industrial farm in the village of Nikolovo, near Bulgaria's Rousse. An outbreak of African swine fever was found there on Saturday, reports BNT.

The culled animals will be buried in the region of the farm. Incoming and outgoing people and vehicles are subject to disinfection.

BEIJING, Oct 8 (Reuters) - China banned imports of pigs, wild boars and products from Bulgaria following an outbreak of African swine fever in the European country, Chinese customs said on Monday.

Varna. The result of the tested samples for African swine fever in the Provadia village of Tutrakantsi is positive, Focus Radio has reported from a press conference in the Varna regional administration. This is the first outbreak of African swine fever in Bulgaria.

The government has convened in a meeting to analyse the measures taken by the authorities against an African swine fever outbreak that affects Romania.

Switzerland is to ban imports of live pigs and pork from several EU countries, including Bulgaria, in a bid to stop an African swine fever outbreak from reaching the country.

Imports from Bulgaria and Romania and some parts of Latvia and Croatia will be banned as of Wednesday, Swiss food safety authorities said on Tuesday.

The European Union launched a case on Tuesday in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against a Russian ban on imports of pigs and pork from the EU.