| two outbreaks of classical swine fever in wild boar in france. | in 2002 and 2003, two successive outbreaks of classical swine fever were declared in wild boar in northern france. the first was in moselle, near the town of thionville and the border with luxembourg, and the second was in the northern vosges area, near the german border. the outbreaks were investigated by serological and virological diagnosis of dead or shot animals. hunting restrictions were applied to limit the spread of the outbreaks. the virus was detected eight times between april and july ... | 2008 | 18567928 |