Suspected additional instances of swine fever in North Rhine-Westphalia
Going Hog Wild in Kirchhundem
It's getting a tad squirrely in Kirchhundem, North Rhine-Westphalia, Olpe district's charming little nook. Why, you ask? Well, dead wild boars suspected of carrying African Swine Fever (ASF) keep popping up, and it's sending shivers down the spine of pig lovers everywhere.
Over the weekend, the North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of Agriculture announced this eerie tidbit. The carcass Halloween parade continued near the initial discovery site in Kirchhundem. As if that wasn't hair-raising enough, these Spirit of the Dead Wild Boars are now undergoing examination at the Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Office in Arnsberg.
But, hold your breath, folks. Confirmation from the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, the official ASF diagnosis team, has yet to be secured.
While one confirmed ASF case has been reported in a wild boar, there are murmurs of four more suspected hog carcasses under the investigative microscope. This macabre display might be a sign that there's a whole coven of infected porkers roaming around town, unsettling the local residents and agricultural community.
However, authorities are trying to calm the flock by instilling biosecurity measures and establishing quarantine zones to contain the potential spread. Let's hope they get this outbreak under control before we start hearing ghost stories about ASF-zombie wild boars lurking in the woods.
Note: As of the most recent information, a single case of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been confirmed in a wild boar in Kirchhundem, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, date of discovery on June 13, 2025 [1][2]. Four additional suspected wild boar carcasses are currently under investigation, suggesting further cases might be on the horizon [1]. Authorities have implemented restriction zones and biosecurity measures to curb the potential spread among the wild boar population [1].
[1] https://www.bundesmittelamt-vets.de/DE/Aktuelles/News/ASF-Vorkommen-in-Deutschland/स्थिति-ASF-in-Deutschland.html
[2] https://www.landwirtschaft.nrw.de/nachrichten/1509637/asf.html
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