Serbia culls 11,000 pigs after ASF outbreak in western farm
State to compensate owners as country battles multiple active cases
10 July 2026
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By: Serbian authorities have begun culling 11,000 pigs at a farm in the west of the country following an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF), Reuters reported. citing the Tanjug news agency and Agriculture Minister Dragan Glamocic on Wednesday.
The cull at the farm in the village of Hrtkovci is expected to take several days. Tanjug quoted Glamocic as saying the state would compensate the farm's owners.
"The pigs are euthanised painlessly and then safely disposed of," Glamocic was quoted as saying.
Serbia currently has several active ASF outbreaks.
Thousands of pigs have already been culled over the past two months in the western Macva region, which borders Bosnia and Croatia.
ASF does not pose a risk to humans, but it spreads rapidly among domestic pigs and wild boar.
