Since the last update on the African swine fever (ASF) situation, sent on 15 October 2026, the Official Veterinary Services (SVO) of the Generalitat de Catalunya have reported the detection of three new outbreaks, which include 9 new cases in wild boar in the municipalities of Molins de Rei (4 cases), Cerdanyola del Vallès (2 cases), Sant Cugat del Vallès (1 case), Sant Quirze del Vallès (1 case) and Barcelona (1 case). In all cases, remains of carcasses were found in restricted zone II, within the area delimited by perimeter fences.

With this new outbreak, the total number of reported outbreaks rises to 77 reported outbreaks, 3 of them primary and 74 secondary, making a total of 419 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.

Localización detallada de los casos de jabalíes silvestres detectados en la zona restringida II (Fuente: 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).

In addition, to date, another 14.077 animals have been tested and found negative, of which:

  • 11.990 are animals that were captured or culled without showing clinical symptoms and
  • 2.087 have been 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.
Evolución de positivos, capturas y vigilancia pasiva semanal en las zonas I y II. Fuente: 333 a partir de datos del MAPA. Weekly trend in positive cases, captures and passive surveillance in zones I and II. Source: 333 based on data from MAPA.

For its part, according to data from the Department of Agriculture of the Generalitat de Catalunya (DARPA), during the past week 308 wild boars were captured within the restricted zone (high-risk zone and low-risk zone) by the Department of Interior and Public Security (Agents Rurals and Mossos d'Esquadra), hunting associations, the Special Group for Forest Fire Prevention (GEPIF) and Tragsa's wildlife management teams. Wild boar captures within the infected zone total 13.684.

Operational capacity

Within the high-risk zone, according to DARPA, a total of 34 traps and 93 pigbrigs (collective traps) and, to prevent wild boar from entering or leaving restricted areas, 353 perimeter fences have been installed.

This week, the operation has involved 1.007 personnel divided among 363 from the intervention group (Agents Rurals, GECA, GEK9, Drone Unit, ADF, Mossos d'Esquadra, Tragsa, GEPIF and canine teams from a private company in Catalonia) and 644 from the law enforcement group (Mossos d'Esquadra, Local Police, Civil Protection volunteers and the Guardia Civil).

The Department of Agriculture also coordinates and authorizes hunts in the low-risk zone, in collaboration with hunters’ associations and town councils. This weekend, the following have been carried out 19 hunting drives, with the participation of 347 hunters, 375 dogs and another 40 hunters in waiting positions (stand hunting)

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

22 October 2026/ Editorial staff 333 based on data from MAPA and DARPA.