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20 gru 2021 · This paper summarizes the important aspects of three key elements about African swine fever virus (ASFV) transmission, including the sources of infection, transmission routes, and susceptible animals.
This booklet provides guidance on prevention, detection and control of African swine fever (ASF) in resource-limited settings. It is designed primarily for places where ASF is endemic with few or no prospects of eliminating the disease, and places at high risk of incursion. The guide is divided into five sections.
22 sty 2021 · African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most complex infectious swine diseases and the greatest concern to the pig industry owing to its high mortality and no effective vaccines available to prevent the disease.
25 sie 2022 · African swine fever (ASF) is a highly infectious and severe haemorrhagic viral disease of pigs, endemic to South-Saharan Africa (24 genotypes based on the sequence of the c-terminus of the p72 surface antigen) and the island of Sardinia in Italy (p72 genotype I).
The Commission Notice on the guidelines on the prevention, control and eradication of African swine fever in the Union ('ASF guidelines') has been developed on the basis of previous working documents, and updated considering the most recent legislation and the latest scientific knowledge on ASF.
19 lis 2023 · African swine fever is a contagious disease, affecting pigs and wild boars, which poses a major threat to the pig industry worldwide and, therefore, to the agricultural economies of many countries. Despite intensive studies, an effective vaccine against the disease has not yet been developed.
2 paź 2020 · The future fight against African swine fever must even more focus on enhanced classical control measures like early detection, strict hygiene and biosecurity measures, culling of infected farms, compensation of losses, stand still measures, epidemiological tracing and wild boar control programs.
