Bulgaria, Romania struggle with swine fever outbreaks Bulgaria's veterinary services have ordered massive culls of pigs in various regions across the country in a bid to limit the spread of African swine fever after outbreaks in seven big industrial farms and dozens of backyard production facilities over the past two months. While authorities say backyard farming is allowing the epidemic to spread, villagers are angry about orders to kill their pigs around outbreak sites and in Bulgaria, even around uninfected industrial farms. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES