In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a case of African swine fever (ASF) was found in a wild boar for the first time.
Agriculture Minister Till Backhaus (SPD) and the district administrator of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district Stefan Sternberg announced a press conference at 10 a.m.
The reason is evidence of a wild boar in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in the Ruhner Mountains near Marnitz.
Schwerin - As a spokeswoman for the Schwerin Ministry of Agriculture confirmed, the national reference laboratory - the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) on Riems - has detected the animal disease in a dead newborn.
On November 15, the animal disease was first detected in a pig breeding farm - a fattening farm in Lalendorf (Rostock district).
Around 4,000 animals were killed there.
dpa