According to reports compiled from World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) notifications, multiple countries recorded animal disease outbreaks between 21 and 27 September.
African swine fever: wild boar cases were reported in Hungary, Finland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Poland, Germany, Spain and Latvia, including 46 outbreaks in Germany, 22 in Latvia and 14 in Poland. In domestic pigs, Serbia reported 81 outbreaks with 126 animals infected, 58 dead and 2,307 culled; Romania reported 7 outbreaks with 5,793 pigs infected; and Laos reported 24 outbreaks with 6,509 pigs infected or dead and 2,392 culled.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza: the United States reported 6 poultry and 2 wild bird H5N1 outbreaks, with 238,000 poultry culled; Peru reported 5 wild bird outbreaks with 118 wild and backyard birds infected or dead; Nigeria reported 1 poultry outbreak; and Sweden, Norway and Denmark each reported wild bird cases.
Other animal diseases: France reported 80 West Nile fever outbreaks (82 horses infected) and Belgium reported 8; Hungary reported one Newcastle disease outbreak; South Sudan reported bovine theileriosis with 200 cattle infected and 150 dead; and Ireland reported 4 bluetongue serotype 3 outbreaks.
Source: World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) notifications. Reference: https://news.foodmate.net/2026/10/754556.html
