Officials in Bulgaria Thursday confirmed
the presence of African swine fever (ASF) in wild
boar.
In August Bulgaria reported its first outbreak of
African swine fever among backyard pigs in Tutrakantsi, close
to the border with Romania.
Seven infected animals were found at one farm in the
northeastern village of Tutrakantsi and tests confirmed the virus, the
Bulgarian Food Safety Agency said. All 23 pigs in the village were culled and a
three-kilometre quarantine zone was established around the village.
Six months ago Bulgaria erected a fence in an
attempt to prevent the crossing of potentially-infected wild boars from
bringing the disease into Bulgarian territory.