Since the last update on the African Swine Fever (ASF) situation, sent on 24 September 2026, the Official Veterinary Services (SVO) of the Generalitat of Catalonia reported the detection of a new outbreak, which includes a total of four cases in wild boar in the municipalities of Sant Cugat del Vallès (2 cases) and El Papiol (2 cases); all were detected from carcass remains found in the environment. All are located in restricted zone II, within the area bounded by fences.

With this new outbreak, the number of reported outbreaks has risen to 72 (with 3 primary and 69 secondary), totaling 400 positive cases/wild boars in 13 municipalities: Cerdanyola del Vallès, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Sant Quirze del Vallès, Terrassa, Rubí, Molins de Rei, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona, ​​Sabadell, El Papiol, Castellbisbal and Esplugues de Llobregat.

Localização detalhada dos casos de javalis detectados na zona restrita II (Fonte: Departament d’Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca i Alimentació). Detailed location of the wild boar cases detected in restricted zone II (Source: Departament d’Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca i Alimentació).

Furthermore, to date, another 13141 animals have been tested, all of which were negative, of which:

  • 11186 correspond to animals captured or culled without showing clinical symptoms and
  • 1955 were investigated through passive surveillance (whole carcasses or remains found in the natural environment, or animals showing symptoms that were culled) in the restricted zones and their surroundings.
Evolução dos casos positivos, capturas e vigilância passiva semanal nas zonas I e II. Fonte: 333, com base em dados do MAPA. Evolution of positive cases, captures and weekly passive surveillance in zones I and II. Source: 333, based on data from MAPA.

In turn, according to data from the Department of Agriculture of the Generalitat of Catalonia (DARPA), 429 wild boars were captured in the last week within the restricted zone (high-risk zone and low-risk zone) by teams from the Department of the Interior and Public Security (*Agents Rurals* and *Mossos d'Esquadra*), hunters' associations, the Special Group for Forest Fire Prevention (GEPIF) and Tragsa's hunting management teams. The total number of wild boar captures within the infected zone has reached 12818.

Remember that you can find all the information about the disease in our section PSA Special.

1 October 2026 / Editorial team 333 based on data from MAPA and DARPA.