African swine Fever: Review

Authors

  • Leonardo Nogueira UAM - UNIVERSIDADE ANHEMBI MORUMBI SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v15n11a956.1-13

Keywords:

Infection, swine, pig farm

Abstract

African Swine Fever is an infectious viral disease that affects domestic pigs and wild boars. It’s worldwide considered as one of the most important diseases in pig farming, due to the great economic impact it’s capable of causing in farms. It can be transmitted directly between the animals, or through the vector tick, and the infected individuals may present the disease in different forms: from asymptomatic forms, to severe ones, with a complex pathogeny mechanism, which may difficult the disease’s detection, even having diagnostic methods and protocols. There’s no treatment or vaccine available, and prevention is the best way of controlling the virus’ expansion and avoiding new cases.

Published

2021-10-20

Issue

Section

Medicina veterinária