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FOCUS ON...African Swine Fever (ASF) recent developments - timely updates

Worrisome dynamics: Steady spread towards unaffected areas could have disastrous impact

 

© FAO/Tony KarumbaAfrican swine fever (ASF) is now established beyond Africa, in the Caucasus and the Russian Federation, where it is having a particularly devastating impact on small-scale pig farmers, who are losing a valuable protein source and cash income. In the past, the virus was already detected outside Africa from the 1950s to the 1980s in Europe, the Caribbean and Brazil. [Download the full PDF]

 

Inside:

 

·      Current ASF dynamics (2011/12)

·      Disease impact

·      Epidemiological outlook

·      Response and action

·     Recommendations: prevention and control measures for ASF and

    other infectious diseases of swine

·      Further reading

 

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