Germany, Europe's largest pork exporter, has reported the first African swine fever.
Germany, China's largest meat supplier, has stepped up its efforts to stem the animal epidemic, according to Bloomberg.
Trained dogs are used to find dead boars, electric fences are set up along the eastern border, and drivers are urged not to throw sandwich remnants on the road.
However, an infected boar was found in the federal state of Brandenburg.
If African swine fever is confirmed in wild animals, pork exports will be stopped immediately.
Given that quarantine has degraded Germany in its worst form since World War II, it is safe to assume that the new infection will cause additional damage to this type of meat producer in Europe.
African swine fever is a deadly infectious disease that poses no threat to humans but is not treated in pigs.