"I don't think it will stay with Västmanland, the risk is that it will spread," says Anders Engvall, a pig farmer in Stora Skedvi in Dalarna.
Domestic pigs are killed in the infected zone
The Swedish Board of Agriculture announced on Monday that all domestic pigs within the infected zone will need to be killed.
Anders Engvall's farm is several miles from the infected area and the message does not apply to his crew. But the risk of infection still affects. Since the alarm about African swine fever, for example, none of the farm's 1,200-1,300 pigs are allowed to spend time outdoors.
– We have closed completely to visitors and are trying to review how we should handle transports and so on. Vehicles come from outside, everything from garbage trucks to feed trucks, so we have to look at that," says Anders Engvall.
Restrictions may affect KRAV certification
The farm is organic and if the restrictions continue, Anders Engvall is afraid that it will affect his Krav certification.
"One of the cornerstones of Krav pig production is that the pigs should be allowed to go outside all year round and for at least four months on pasture. If I can't deliver it, it's not good for the animals, but the added value has disappeared.