EU Epidemic Vets Begin Work on Swine Fever Outbreak in Barcelona
A taskforce of EU vets specialising in epidemics began work in Barcelona on Tuesday as Spain seeks to contain an African swine fever outbreak that has forced it to halt some pork exports.
The experts in virology and risk management will visit a 6-km exclusion zone around the affected area in Bellaterra to survey the situation, provide advice and prepare a follow-report with recommendations, a European Commission spokesperson said.
Spain is the EU's leading pork producer, accounting for a quarter of the bloc's output, ahead of Germany...
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