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Wild boars are at risk from African swine fever
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In Brandenburg there is an official suspicion of African swine fever.
This was announced by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture.
A wild boar carcass was found a few kilometers from the German-Polish border in the Spree-Neisse district.
A sample of the dead animal is now being examined virologically at the Friedrich Loeffler Institute.
Federal Minister Julia Klöckner (CDU) will inform about the result on Thursday.
Usually fatal for wild and domestic pigs, the virus is harmless to humans.
However, if the disease is detected in a wild boar or domestic pig in this country, the Federal Republic of Germany will lose its "disease-free" status and there is a risk of export bans for pork to Asia, for example.
The spokesman for the Brandenburg Consumer Protection Ministry, Gabriel Hesse, told the German Press Agency that an outbreak could only be spoken of if the national reference laboratory also confirmed the suspicion.
The state crisis center and the municipal crisis centers are activated.
First protection measures are being prepared.
A permanent protective fence in the Spree-Neisse district on the border with Poland was planned, but has not yet been built.
A mobile fence is already there.
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