African swine fever spread in the Russian Federation and the risk for the region

Beltrán-Alcrudo, D.;Guberti, V.;DeCastro, J.;Rozstalnyy, A.;Dietze, K.;Wainwright, S.;Slingenbergh, J.;de Simone, L.;Animal Production and Health Division

African swine fever spread in the Russian Federation and the risk for the region

Autores

Beltrán-Alcrudo, D.;Guberti, V.;DeCastro, J.;Rozstalnyy, A.;Dietze, K.;Wainwright, S.;Slingenbergh, J.;de Simone, L.;Animal Production and Health Division

Descripción

African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious viral infection of pigs that is transmitted through direct contact, ingestion of contaminated feedstuffs and via certain tick species. ASF has a serious socio-economic impact on people’s livelihood, international commercial trade and protein-food security. Feral pigs (escaped domestic species) and European wild boar (Sus scrofa) are equally susceptible to ASF, which makes it very difficult to eliminate the infection once ASF becomes endemic in the se populations. In Africa, ASF causes unapparent infection in three species of wild pigs: warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus), bush pigs (Potamochoerus larvatus) and Red River Hogs (Potamochoerus porcus). Humans are not susceptible to ASF infection...