The Department of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Generalitat has reported this Thursday, by means of a statement, the appearance of five new cases of African swine fever (ASF) in the high-risk area of Collserola (Barcelona).
The department has specified that all confirmed positives in recent days correspond to animal remains with an estimated age of more than 1.5 months.
Over the course of this week, 371 samples have been studied, of which 1.3% have tested positive. Since the outbreak was declared, 15,484 analyses have been carried out, with a total of 429 positives.
In addition, the Department has detailed that in these days 388 wild boars have been captured within the restricted area, raising to 14,795 the number of specimens captured since the start of the outbreak.
To date, 34 individual traps and 93 collective traps have been placed, and 354 perimeter closures have been executed with the objective of preventing the entry and exit of wild boars in the affected areas.