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Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue talks about the very real threat of African Swine Fever, and what USDA and all Americans can do to keep this disease fr...
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Preparing for the worst, but hoping for the best: the nation’s top pork-producing states test their readiness if African Swine Fever is detected in domestic ...
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3 paź 2024 · FAO warned of the risk of African swine fever threatens to spread from China to other Asian countries, and urges regional collaboration including stronger monitoring and preparedness measures [reference].
African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious viral disease of domestic and wild pigs, whose mortality rate can reach 100%. It is not a danger to human health, but it has devastating effects on pig populations and the farming economy.
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a large, double-stranded DNA virus in the Asfarviridae family. [1] It is the causative agent of African swine fever (ASF). The virus causes a hemorrhagic fever with high mortality rates in domestic pigs; some isolates can cause death of animals as quickly as a week after infection.
