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Catalonia Confirms 18 More ASF-Positive Wild Boar, Total Reaches 47 Inside Cerdanyola Risk Zone

Officials say the newly reported positives reflect accumulated detections from intensified holiday searches.

Overview

  • All infections remain within the 6‑kilometre high‑risk perimeter around Cerdanyola del Vallès, where authorities now count 13 foci (3 primary and 10 secondary).
  • Surveillance has analyzed 621 wild boar to date with 47 positives, an 8% rate concentrated in specific corridors such as hard‑to‑access torrents.
  • Roughly 200 operational devices, including canine teams, drones and helicopters, have been deployed to locate carcasses and reinforce early detection.
  • Authorities report no infections in domestic pig farms and continue containment measures such as carcass removal, fencing and targeted population control.
  • Laboratories are sequencing the virus to characterize the variant, with results pending, and a multi‑agency meeting on Wednesday will address wild boar density and next steps.