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Bulgaria: Bird flu outbreak in Haskovo district, African Swine Fever in Blagoevgrad district

February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA) said on February 1 that it had confirmed an outbreak of Avian Influenza in

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Bulgaria 

Pork price in Bulgaria has gone up 33% since ASF outbreak

February 10, 2020February 12, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

The price of pork in Bulgaria has gone up about 33 per cent since the outbreak of African Swine Fever

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian meat processors: Record increase in pork price in 2019

January 12, 2020January 14, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

The price of pork in Bulgaria saw a record increase in 2019, at a rate second only to the hyperinflation

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Bulgaria 

African Swine Fever: Bulgaria imposes countrywide ban on transport of pigs

January 10, 2020January 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

A countrywide ban on the transportation of pigs to and from breeding farms and slaughterhouses has come into effect, as

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Food Safety Agency confirms four new outbreaks of African Swine Fever

January 8, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency said that it had on January 8 confirmed four new outbreaks of African Swine Fever,

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Bulgaria 

African Swine Fever: 24 500 pigs to be culled at industrial farm in Bulgaria

January 4, 2020January 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

About 24 500 pigs are to be culled at an industrial farm in the village of Nikola Kozlevo in the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Agriculture Minister: 42 outbreaks of ASF in 2019

December 27, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

There were 42 registered outbreaks of African Swine Fever in Bulgaria in 2019, eight at industrial farms, Agriculture Minister Dessislava

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian government approves 3.7M leva to prevent spread of African Swine Fever

December 5, 2019December 6, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has approved additional transfers to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry’s 2019 budget, of 3.7 million leva

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Bulgaria reported 106 outbreaks of African Swine Fever between July and early November

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff African Swine Fever

The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency informed the World Organisation for Animal Health of 106 outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF)

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