The Classical Swine Fever Eradication Plan for The Americas
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Classic Swine Fever (CSF), also known as Hog Cholera, is a viral disease confined to domestic and wild swine, which is highly contagious and causes high morbidity and mortality. Transmission may be directly through contact with sick animals or indirectly via human intervention, fomites, excrement and/or feed of porcine origin. Generally animals are infected orally or transplacentally. The CSF virus is very environmentally resistant, able to survive several weeks in pork products and up to three weeks outside. In consideration of the above this document is the first step in defining a Plan to Eradicate CSF from the Americas. It is the result of a discussion between specialists in the disease and various official Veterinary Services of the region taking into consideration their experiences with control and eradication of CSF during a workshop organized for the purpose by FAO and the Agriculture and Livestock Service of Chile in Santiago from 27 through 29 October, 1999.