Tests show about 9% of hunted wild boar in Norway—mostly in Østfold—now carry salmonella, roughly double previous years. Authorities fear spillover to people and domestic pigs and advise strict hygiene and thorough cooking of wild boar meat.
Reports from northern Sweden indicate that a Salmonella outbreak among small birds is not only causing bird deaths but is also infecting cats in Piteå. Health authorities warn pet owners to be cautious when observing dead birds around feeders.
The nation's six million feral pigs are destroying crops and preying on endangered species. But the most serious threat they pose is to human health.
Northern states are implementing measures to prevent the spread of invasive "super pigs" from Canada, which are a crossbreed of wild boar and domestic swine, causing significant ecological and agricultural damage.
African swine fever is harmless to humans but deadly to pigs and wild boars. An outbreak in Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia this summer has led farmers there to cull thousands of animals.
Countries including South Korea, Japan, Australia, and the Phillipines have halted imports of Swedish pork following the recent discovery of African swine fever. 7 dead wild boars have now been confirmed infected.
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