Eleven new cases of infected dead wild boars have been identified
Finland’s food authority said Wednesday it would enlarge a zone where hunting and forestry are restricted after finding more dead boars infected with African swine fever, which first emerged in the country late last month.
Eleven new cases of infected dead wild boars have been identified, bringing the total since July 30 to 14, according to the Finnish Food Authority.
Harmless to humans, African swine fever is a viral haemorrhagic disease with a mortality rate close to 100 percent in pigs and wild boar.
The boars have been found in Virolahti in southeastern Finland, near the country’s border with Russia.
