PHOTO: JENS BÜTTNER | DPA-ZENTRALBILD | ANP


A curious case


A pig truck, some silos and a sign warning to keep out. From a distance it appears to be a farm like many others in Germany. And, until mid-November 2021, that was exactly the case – a finisher site with just over 4,000 animals at the premises. Yet the photographer was at the location for a reason. In this site near the town Lalendorf the first outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) was discovered in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state – and soon it would be a venue for veterinary staff and livestock destruction vehicles. The discovery marked another step in the progress of ASF in Germany. Until that moment in November, the virus had only popped up in wild boar and three relatively small and extensive pig operations; this was the first commercial farm to be infected. What was even more curious about this case in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state was that no wild boar have been infected in the immediate surroundings, unlike in neighbouring Brandenburg state.


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