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African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a large, double-stranded DNA virus in the Asfarviridae family. 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. It persistently infects its natural hosts, warthogs, bushpigs, and soft ticks of the genus Ornithodoros, which likely act as a vector, with no disease signs. It does not cause disease in humans. ASFV is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and exists in the wild through a cycle of infection between ticks and wild pigs, bushpigs, and warthogs. The disease was first described after European settlers brought pigs into areas endemic with ASFV, and as such, is an example of an emerging infectious disease.
ASFV replicates in the cytoplasm of infected cells. It is the only virus with a double-stranded DNA genome known to be transmitted by arthropods.
BERLIN ( Reuters ) - A first case of African swine fever (ASF) has been found in a wild boar in the eastern German region of Saxony, Germany’s federal agriculture ministry said on Saturday.
The ministry said...
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Christina Loiacono (NAHLN) explained the history, purpose and methods of this organization, during 2019 NIAA Annual Conference: Animal Agriculture - Innovation, Technology and Consumer Engagement in Des Moines, Iowa, USA....
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1. Introduction African swine fever (ASF), a fatal disease in domestic pigs and wild boar, has become a serious economic threat to the pig farming sector with global ramifications, more than ever underlined by the recent spread to China, Mongolia and Southeast Asia [1]. It is causing tremendous losses in the industrial pig sector but also affecting livelihood of small-scale pig holders in rural areas. In 1921, the disease was first described in Africa, where the disease...
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Yanbin Shen, APC's Technical Services Director, explains his company's approach on solving the African Swine Fever crisis...
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Recently, Pig Farming suffered a major impact on world production. In September 2018, the African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) was detected in subsistence pigs in China and Romania, and in wild boars in Belgium. Brazil was directly affected by the effect of the ASFV crisis. In the first quarter of 2019, Brazilian exports of pork had China as their main destination, representing 24.9% of total Brazilian exports and approximately 33,635 tons of pork in natura. The increase in export demand...
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China detected a new case of African swine fever in piglets transported to Sichuan from outside the province, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday.
The outbreak was found in a truck transporting 83 piglets to Leshan city, with one piglet dead, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said in a statement on its website. China reported several new cases of the deadly African swine fever disease in March.
Meanwhile, in Papua New Guinea, reports are also confirming...
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A new educational program hosted by the American Feed Industry Association will focus on biosecurity as it pertains to foreign animal diseases, such as foot and mouth disease, African swine fever and avian influenza. The program, “Biosecurity in the Face of Foreign Animal Disease – What the Feed Industry Needs to Know,” will take place on Jan. 29, 2020, in conjunction with the 2020 International Production & Processing Expo, taking place Jan. 28-30 in Atlanta, Ga....
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Scott Dee (Pipestone) discussed biosecurity and ASFV survival in feed ingredients, during 2019 NIAA Annual Conference: Animal Agriculture - Innovation, Technology and Consumer Engagement in Des Moines, Iowa, USA....
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Poultry is positioned to become the world’s most consumed meat protein in 2019 as African swine fever spreads in pig herds across China.
As the International Poultry Council (IPC) took stock of the global protein outlook at its first semester meeting in New Orleans, La. last week, one economic reality riveted attention: Total world production of pork will decline in 2019 with poultry in position to wrest the crown from pork as the world’s most consumed meat...
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In an effort to assist Eastern European customers in overcoming the current challenges faced by the local swine industry, USSEC invited world-renowned experts Dr. José Manuel Sánchez-Vizcaíno, Dr. Megan C. Niederwerder, Dr. Enrico Marco Granell and Dr. Gonzalo Mateos to share the most updated information on African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV). The subject matter experts also discussed strategies to prevent the spread of the disease and how to eventually eradicate it from...
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Dr. Kuo-Wei Ssu, ICC Brazil far east Asia sales manager, reveals the current situation for swine fever in Asia and how the region would face the problem, the concerns, and the company's solutions. ...
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Swine flu cases in Rajasthan smashed all past records in the month of December, with no less than 310 persons testing positive in the state.
In the last four days alone, 113 new cases of swine flu were reported. While on December 24 and 25, 28 new cases of swine flu surfaced each day, on December 26, 19 patients tested positive and on December 27, 38 cases were declared positive.
With a view to checking the spread of the virus, Medical and Health Minister Kalicharan Saraf...
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Sharing best practices in fighting African swine fever is critical to halt the spread of the disease, say EFSA experts. These include early detection methods and rigorous emergency measures.
EFSA experts assisted Baltic countries and Poland in the analysis of epidemiological data collected up until September 2017. The disease is continuing to spread among wild boar. In 2017 two additional EU Member States – the Czech Republic and Romania – reported cases bringing the...
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Government has gazetted six communal areas in Mount Darwin district of Mashonaland Central province in which movement of pigs has been banned as it battles to control an outbreak of African swine fever. The deadly livestock disease, which has no cure or vaccine, has killed more than 600 pigs in the district since last year, according to official statistics, and it is feared that it could affect large swathes of the region unless measures are immediately taken to combat its spread. The six...
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The Department of Agriculture of South Africa says it suspects that the current African swine fever outbreak could have come from neighbouring countries.
Outbreaks have been reported in the Free State and North West provinces. Over 600 pigs have been reported dead in Bloemfontein, Botshabelo and Koffiefontein in the Free State.
In the North West more than 600 pigs died and a further 400 have been culled. Four farms have been quarantined in the Free State. Samples...
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African swine fever could become endemic in Eastern Europe and spread rapidly to the west unless more vigorous controls are put in place, according to the UN chief veterinary officer Joseph Domenech. African swine fever (ASF) was confirmed in Georgia in early June and has since become entrenched in the country. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN now say that the disease has spread into northern Armenia and that further spread into the EU, Russia and the Ukraine is possible...
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"Pig Fever" is sweeping through the expanding Chinese swine industry, according to swine veterinarians who have traveled there this fall. University of Nottingham, England, swine veterinarians Steven McOrist and Stan Done observed the outbreak first-hand during a recent visit to China's swine veterinary centers. China's hog industry is "rapidly consolidating" on a scale similar to that in the U.S., McOrist says. This includes the segmentation of farrowing and finishing, with...
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Croatia was hit with a new outbreak of classical swine fever, the worst so far in the Balkans country, as some 3,600 pigs will be slaughtered to prevent the spread of the disease, the agriculture ministry has said.
Croatia's veterinary institute confirmed the presence of the swine fever virus at a farm near the eastern town of Dalj, where some 100 pigs have died so far, agriculture ministry spokesman Mladen Pavic said Sunday.
"All the remaining animals, more than 3,600 pigs, will be...
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A Commission proposal to approve Romania's eradication plan and emergency vaccination programme for classical swine fever was endorsed by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health yesterday.
The Bulgarian eradication plan and emergency vaccination programme (for wild boars) had already been approved by the Standing Committee in mid-September. These programmes will be eligible for co-financing once the two countries join the EU, and it has also been agreed that the EU will...
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The European Commission has today decided to suspend the movement of all pigs within and from the German federal state of North-Rhine Westphalia, due to a new case of classical swine fever in a pig farm in this region.
This is the fourth confirmed case of the disease in domestic pigs in North-Rhine Westphalia, despite the control measures put in place by the German authorities when the other 3 cases were detected in this area on the 3rd and the 5th of March. The protection, surveillance and...
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