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OVIEDO, Spain African swine fever was found in two wild boars near Barcelona, the Agriculture Ministry said Friday, marking the first time the virus has been confirmed in the country since 1994. The highly contagious virus – harmless to humans but with a high mortality rate among pigs and wild boar – could have a significant impact on Spain’s pork sector, the largest in the EU, officials said. Oscar Ordeig, the agriculture minister of the Catalan government, said the economic impact of the
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