How much ASF virus does it take to cause an infection through intake of water or feed?
In a world where feed ingredients are marketed globally, do we know the minimum infectious dose to transmit the ASF virus in feed? And in water?
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Tool that allows you to calculate the replacement rate in your farm
Definition for the most commonly used pig terms
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Definition for the most commonly used pig terms
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In a world where feed ingredients are marketed globally, do we know the minimum infectious dose to transmit the ASF virus in feed? And in water?
What is the course of this disease in the field recently? Not always following the textbook description… Global swine professionals with field experience answer this and many other questions.
A group of swine professionals will describe their field experience and perspective gained while fighting against African Swine Fever.
Floods, African swine fever, tariffs war, heat waves, and some more issues... How will they affect the once-in-a-lifetime profit-palooza that many pork industry participants hoped for earlier?
"When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both feet"
Time flies and wild boar breed at a faster rate than our ability to control them.
Pork supply, pork consumption and purchasing power in China, US and China trade war and globalism are some of the balls in play and many more are to come.
How is the increase in global meat production, low-cost coarse grains and ASF going to affect pig production?
Fernando Rodríguez, the director of CReSA, explains at what stage is the development of the vaccine against ASF.
This clinical case describes how, after discovering large numbers of dead and dying pigs in the sheds over a 4-day period, an expert team of veterinarians diagnosed African Swine Fever.
Enric Marco comments on the practical implications of a recent article investigating the transmission of ASF through ingestion of flies.
There is no doubt if the disease is discovered in a major piglet or pork producing/exporting country such as Denmark, Germany, Spain or the USA, the mortality it causes would be only the beginning of the woes.
The appearance of ASF in Belgium has entailed a real blow for the EU pig sector.
10 recomendations to face African Swine Fever (ASF).
Right now it all depends on the evolution of the situation in China.
Prevention against ASF involves farmers, farm staff, veterinarians, lorry drivers, hunters and the Official Veterinary Services.