African Swine Fever Outbreaks Increase in Pigs and Wild Boar Across the EU
In 2025, African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks increased across the European Union in both domestic pigs (+76%) and wild boar (+44%) compared to 2024, according to EFSA’s latest annual epidemiological report. The disease reemerged in Spain after 31 years without detections, raising the number of affected Member States to 14.
Last year, the EU carried out record levels of ASF surveillance, analysing over 518,000 samples from domestic pigs and 618,000 samples from wild boar. Passive surveillance detected 84% of ASF outbreaks in domestic pigs and 73%...
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