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African swine fever has been detected in a wild pig in Germany’s western state of Hesse, marking the first confirmed case in the state. After the dying animal was shot, the B sample from a test came back positive, the spokesman for the German Hunting Association, Torsten Reinwald, told dpa on Saturday. The Hessian Ministry of the Environment and Agriculture confirmed the positive test result and announced the establishment of a restricted zone with a general ban on hunting within a 15-kilometre radius of the discovery site. This zone includes the cities of Frankfurt and Wiesbaden, Hesse’s two …

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