(Photo: dpa)The African swine fever, which is highly contagious and mostly fatal for domestic pigs and wild pigs, has reached Germany. Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner announced this. Accordingly, one reported on Wednesday evening Suspected case of a wild boar carcass in Brandenburg approved.
The animal disease is considered harmless for humans, but it hits Germany as one of the largest pork exporters in Europe. China and other Asian countries usually impose Import bans for meat from regions where the plague has been found.
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