A new outbreak of swine fever. It is the farm in Cimiseni
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20 March 2025 15:00
A new outbreak of African swine fever has been recorded on a commercial farm in Cimiseni, Criuleni district. Representatives of the National Agency for Food Safety do not specify the number of heads, but the local press reports that 45,000 pigs are involved. The case comes a few days after the plague was confirmed at another pig farm in Roscani, Anenii Noi, where there were about 65,000
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