(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 9 - Another two suspected cases of swine
fever have been found in Rome in the same area as the first one
last week, sources said Monday.
The latest cases have been detected in the Insugherata Park, the
Lazio regional health office said.
The Italian capital has started installing nets against wild
boar which have become ever more numerous and bothersome over
recent months and years.
Officials said an anti-swine fever plan was in the works.
Health Undersecratary Andrea Costa said a boar cull was "no
longer to be put off" because of the way the animals are
"increasingly invading our urban and peri-urban spaces".
The Rome cases are the fist outside the area of the original
outbreak in Liguria and Piedmont.
African swine fever is a highly contagious and deadly viral
disease affecting both domestic and feral swine of all ages. ASF
is not a threat to human health and cannot be transmitted from
pigs to humans. It is not a food safety issue. ASF is found in
countries around the world.
Farm group CIA said "this Rome find turns the alarm into a
national emergency".
In the area of the original outbreak between Liguria and
Piedmont, three mores cases were detected Thursday bringing the
total to 115 animals currently infected. (ANSA).