Isolation and Properties of the DNA of African Swine Fever (ASF) Virus
Journal of General Virology, 1976 African swine fever (ASF) virus was grown either in swine macrophages or in VERO cells and purified free of cell DNA. Virus DNA was isolated from virions as a molecule with a sedimentation coefficient of 60S and a contour of 58 +/- 3 mum. .these two values give a mol. wt.
L, Enjuanes +2 more
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Dataset for the analysis of stock price responses to African Swine Fever Outbreaks in China
Data in Brief, 2022 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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African swine fever (ASF) diagnosis, an essential tool in the epidemiological investigation
Virus Research, 2019 Since there is no vaccine available, prevention, control, and eradication of African swine fever (ASF) is based on the implementation of appropriated surveillance and strict sanitary measures. Success of surveillance activities depends on the availability of the most appropriate diagnostic tests.
Gallardo, Carmina +2 more
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IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2023 Abstract In the year 2019, a significant outbreak of pig mortalities caused by African Swine Fever (ASF) transpired inside the North Sumatra province This study aims to determine differences in the income of pig farmers before and during the ASF pandemic in North Sumatra, to analyze the factors that affect the income of pig farmers in ...
M Tafsin, D Raldos
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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]
, 2014 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).
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Sensitivity of Macrophages from Different Species to African Swine Fever (ASF) Virus
Journal of General Virology, 1977 The swine white blood cells sensitive to African swine fever (ASF) virus are monocytes differentiated in vitro to macrophages. These cells have been characterized by their morphology, phagocytic capacity and the presence of receptors for swine immunoglobulin G in their membranes.
L, Enjuanes, I, Cubero, E, Viñuela
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Experimental pig-to-pig transmission dynamics for African swine fever virus, Georgia 2007/1 strain [PDF]
, 2015 African swine fever virus (ASFV) continues to cause outbreaks in domestic pigs and wild boar in Eastern European countries. To gain insights into its transmission dynamics, we estimated the pig-to-pig basic reproduction number (R 0) for the Georgia 2007 ...
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Dynamics of African swine fever virus shedding and excretion in domestic pigs infected by intramuscular inoculation and contact transmission [PDF]
, 2014 African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a highly virulent swine pathogen that has spread across Eastern Europe since 2007 and for which there is no effective vaccine or treatment available.
Dixon, L +6 more
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African swine fever: one hundred years later
Ветеринария сегодня, 2022 This brief report pays tribute to Robert Eustace Montgomery (1880–1932) whose name is associated with the discovery of African swine fever (ASF). A hundred years ago, he published a major report on study of new highly dangerous disease carried out in ...
V. V. Makarov
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The spatial ecology of free-ranging domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) in western Kenya [PDF]
, 2013 Background In many parts of the developing world, pigs are kept under low-input systems where they roam freely to scavenge food. These systems allow poor farmers the opportunity to enter into livestock keeping without large capital investments.
Cook, Elizabeth A. +3 more
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