MADRID >> Eight more wild boar with suspected cases of African swine fever were discovered near Barcelona, La Vanguardia newspaper reported on Sunday, as Spain struggles to limit the damage to a pork export industry worth billions of euros a year.

The newspaper cited sources close to the Catalan agriculture ministry. Two cases have been confirmed, and 12 others have shown signs they may also have the disease but are undergoing tests to confirm this. If confirmed, it would bring the number of infected animals to 14.

The Catalan government, which declined to confirm the number of cases, on Sunday requested the help of specialists from the army to contain the outbreak.

About a third of Spanish pork export certificates have been blocked after the first outbreak of swine fever in Spain – the

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