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- Catalonia faces an African swine fever outbreak, with 47 wild boars dead, with drones, helicopters, and sniffer dogs deployed.
- The outbreak was first detected in late November, with origins under investigation near Barcelona at a state-funded lab.
- Agriculture Minister Oscar Ordeig said contaminated food may have spread the virus.
- This is Spain's first ASF outbreak since 1994, threatening pork industry after 62 million euros were lost in outbreak's first month.
