Brussels, 06/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - The German authorities have, in cooperation with the European Commission, strengthened measures taken to contain and eradicate classical swine fever in the Ruhr region. After two outbreaks of the disease in Lavesum, a 20 km buffer zone was set up with a ban on all pig movements for ten days. The other measures taken from last Friday include the destruction of all pigs within a radius of 1 km around the farms where the outbreaks occurred, with a 3 km...