The new ASF case was confirmed in a wild boar found in the Uckermark district of the federal state of Brandenburg. The infected animal was detected within the designated ASF protection corridor established along the Polish border to help prevent the spread of the disease.
According to the Brandenburg Ministry of Agriculture, this is the first confirmed ASF case in wild boar in the area in more than a year. The previous confirmed case in Uckermark was reported in May 2025.
Authorities are also investigating another suspected ASF case in the same area.
Based on preliminary assessments, officials believe the virus was most likely introduced into Germany by migrating wild boar from ASF-affected regions in Poland.
Following confirmation of the case, local authorities immediately intensified disease control measures aimed at containing the spread of the virus among wild boar populations.
African swine fever poses no risk to human health, but it is a highly contagious disease affecting domestic pigs and wild boar. The disease causes significant economic losses to the pig industry due to strict disease control measures, movement restrictions, and trade limitations.
PigUA.info, based on Reuters