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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.
An outbreak of the African swine fever has forced pig breeders in Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia to cull thousands of pigs since June and is putting pressure on governments to compensate farmers for ...
Classical swine fever virus[ 1] Hog cholera virus[ 2] Hog cholera (European swine fever) virus[ 3] Classical swine fever ( CSF) or hog cholera (also sometimes called pig plague based on the German word Schweinepest) is a highly contagious disease of swine ( Old World and New World pigs ). [ 4] It has been mentioned as a potential bioweapon.
June 6, 2024 at 5:54 AM. HAMBURG (Reuters) -A case of African swine fever (ASF) has been confirmed in farm pigs in east Germany, authorities said on Thursday. It was confirmed on a pig breeding ...
Plum Island Animal Disease Center. / 41.178889°N 72.205556°W / 41.178889; -72.205556. Plum Island Animal Disease Center ( PIADC) is a United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of foreign animal diseases of livestock. It is a national laboratory of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Directorate for Science ...
In the Philippines, African swine fever remains a major concern for hog raisers as millions of pigs have already been culled since the first local outbreak was detected in 2019.
The Program to Eradicate African Swine Fever and to Develop Pig Raising ( French: Programme pour l’éradication de la peste porcine africaine et pour le développement de l'élevage porcin, PEPPADEP) was a development project which took place in Haiti in the 1980s. It was launched in 1981 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...
Hong Kong has ordered the culling of almost two thousand pigs after confirming a second case of African swine fever (ASF) in a month. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD ...