African Swine Fever (ASF) is an acute, highly contagious and deadly infectious disease that has a huge impact on the swine industry. It is caused by the African swine fever virus (ASFV).
Yang Yang +16 more
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A Method for the Analysis of African Swine Fever by Viral Metagenomic Sequencing
In 2018, there was an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in China, which spread to other provinces in the following 3 years and severely damaged China's pig industry. ASF is caused by the African swine fever virus (ASFV).
ChiHai Ji +58 more
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Spatial multi-criteria decision analysis to predict suitability for African swine fever endemicity in Africa [PDF]
Background African swine fever (ASF) is endemic in several countries of Africa and may pose a risk to all pig producing areas on the continent. Official ASF reporting is often rare and there remains limited awareness of the continent-wide distribution ...
Costard, S +5 more
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Simulation of Spread of African Swine Fever, Including the Effects of Residues from Dead Animals [PDF]
To study the spread of African swine fever (ASF) within a pig unit and the impact of unit size on ASF spread, a simulation model was created. In the model, an animal can be in one of the following stages: susceptible, latent, subclinical, clinical or ...
Boklund, Anette +4 more
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African swine fever: an unprecedented disaster and challenge to China
Background African swine fever (ASF), caused by African swine fever virus, is a hemorrhagic and often fatal disease of domestic pigs and wild boar, which is notifiable to the World Organization for Animal Health.
Tao Wang, Yuan Sun, Hua-Ji Qiu
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Characterization of a Novel African Swine Fever Virus p72 Genotype II from Nigeria
African swine fever (ASF) is a high-consequence transboundary hemorrhagic fever of swine. It continues to spread across the globe causing socio-economic issues and threatening food security and biodiversity. In 2020, Nigeria reported a major ASF outbreak,
Aruna Ambagala +19 more
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Attitudes and Beliefs of Pig Farmers and Wild Boar Hunters Towards Reporting of African Swine Fever in Bulgaria, Germany and the Western Part of the Russian Federation [PDF]
This study investigated the attitudes and beliefs of pig farmers and hunters in Germany, Bulgaria and the western part of the Russian Federation towards reporting suspected cases of African swine fever (ASF).
Acevedo +20 more
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Inhibition of African Swine Fever (ASF) Virus Replication by Phosphonoacetic Acid
Phosphonoacetic acid (PAA) inhibits the multiplication of African swine fever (ASF) virus in VERO cells. The observed inhibition of the in vivo DNA synthesis could be related to the in vitro inhibition of a virus-induced DNA polymerase activity present in cytoplasmic extracts from infected VERO cells.
M A, Moreno +3 more
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Dataset for the analysis of stock price responses to African Swine Fever Outbreaks in China
The African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreaks in China since 2018 caused a more than 100 million decline in its hog inventory. Leveraging publicly available announcements of ASF outbreaks and daily stock prices data from 25 major publicly listed hog companies ...
Tao Xiong, Wendong Zhang, Chen-Ti Chen
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The 2023 International African Swine Fever Workshop (IASFW) took place in Beijing, China, on 18–20 September 2023. It was jointly organized by the U.S.-China Center for Animal Health (USCCAH) at Kansas State University (KSU) and the Chinese Veterinary Drug Association (CVDA) and sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture Foreign ...
Lihua Wang +24 more
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