Updated assessment on African swine fever in eastern Europe

2015 ◽  
Vol 176 (23) ◽  
pp. 586-586
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
African Swine Fever

African swine fever in eastern Europe: the risk to the UK

2017 ◽  
Vol 181 (10) ◽  
pp. 261-262 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
African Swine Fever ◽  
Disease Monitoring ◽  
The Uk

This article has been prepared by Helen Roberts of the Defra/APHA International Disease Monitoring team

scholarly journals African Swine Fever Status in Europe

Viruses ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Przemyslaw Cwynar ◽  
Jane Stojkov ◽  
Klaudia Wlazlak
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Wild Boar ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
African Swine Fever ◽  
Disease Spread ◽  
Wild Boar Population ◽  
Domestic Pig ◽  
Domestic Pigs ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Virus Spreading

African Swine Fever (ASF) is a highly contagious disease that affects the domestic pig and wild boar population. The aim of this study was to describe the introduction and spread of the ASF virus in Western Europe (1960–1995) and in Eastern Europe (2007–2018), with particular emphasis on the current ASF situation in Poland and its challenges and future perspectives. The first ASF outbreak in Europe was reported in Portugal in 1957, with the virus spreading over most of Western Europe over the next 30 years. In Eastern Europe, the virus was first observed in Georgia in 2007, from where the disease spread quickly to other neighboring countries, reaching Poland in 2014. Since then, there have been 3341 confirmed cases in the wild boar population in Poland. Although there have been no confirmed cases of wild boars coming into contact with domestic pigs, the first notified case concerning domestic pigs was reported in July 2014. Since then, there have been a total of 213 confirmed outbreaks of ASF on Polish pig farms. Given the virulence of the ASF virus and the myriad of transmission routes across Europe, the monitoring of this disease must be a priority for Europe.

scholarly journals With or without a Vaccine—A Review of Complementary and Alternative Approaches to Managing African Swine Fever in Resource-Constrained Smallholder Settings

Vaccines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
Mary-Louise Penrith ◽  
Armanda Bastos ◽  
Erika Chenais
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Wild Boar ◽  
African Swine Fever ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Domestic Pig ◽  
Innate Resistance ◽  
Pig Farming ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Risk Of Exposure ◽  
Free Ranging

The spectacular recent spread of African swine fever (ASF) in Eastern Europe and Asia has been strongly associated, as it is in the endemic areas in Africa, with free-ranging pig populations and low-biosecurity backyard pig farming. Managing the disease in wild boar populations and in circumstances where the disease in domestic pigs is largely driven by poverty is particularly challenging and may remain so even in the presence of effective vaccines. The only option currently available to prevent ASF is strict biosecurity. Among small-scale pig farmers biosecurity measures are often considered unaffordable or impossible to implement. However, as outbreaks of ASF are also unaffordable, the adoption of basic biosecurity measures is imperative to achieve control and prevent losses. Biosecurity measures can be adapted to fit smallholder contexts, culture and costs. A longer-term approach that could prove valuable particularly for free-ranging pig populations would be exploitation of innate resistance to the virus, which is fully effective in wild African suids and has been observed in some domestic pig populations in areas of prolonged endemicity. We explore available options for preventing ASF in terms of feasibility, practicality and affordability among domestic pig populations that are at greatest risk of exposure to ASF.

scholarly journals Unraveling the Armor of a Killer: Evasion of Host Defenses by African Swine Fever Virus

2016 ◽  
Vol 91 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Luisa Reis ◽  
Chris Netherton ◽  
Linda K. Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Host Defense ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
African Swine Fever Virus ◽  
African Swine Fever ◽  
Hemorrhagic Disease ◽  
Host Defenses ◽  
Dna Virus ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Russian Federation

ABSTRACT African swine fever is an acute hemorrhagic disease of pigs. Extensive recent spread in the Russian Federation and Eastern Europe has increased the risk to global pig production. The virus is a large DNA virus and is the only member of the Asfarviridae family. In pigs, the virus replicates predominantly in macrophages. We review how the virus overcomes the barriers to replication in the macrophage and the virus mechanism to inhibit key host defense pathways.

Disease surveillance in England and Wales, August 2017

2017 ◽  
Vol 181 (10) ◽  
pp. 257-260 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Disease Surveillance ◽  
African Swine Fever ◽  
Plant Health ◽  
List Type ◽  
Surveillance Network ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Surveillance Report ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
The Uk

Current and emerging issues: psoroptic mange in cattleHighlights from the scanning surveillance networkUpdate on international disease threatsAfrican swine fever in eastern Europe and the risk to the UKThese are among matters discussed in the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s (APHA’s) disease surveillance report for August 2017

scholarly journals Silver nanoparticles in disinfection

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (04) ◽  
pp. 6521-2021
Author(s):  
ZYGMUNT PEJSAK ◽  
KAZIMIERZ TARASIUK
Keyword(s):  
Silver Nanoparticles ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
African Swine Fever ◽  
Swine Production ◽  
Oxygen Generation ◽  
Photo Catalysis ◽  
Swine Population

Infectious diseases, now especially African swine fever (ASF), represent a major challenge for swine production in Central and Eastern Europe. In the absence of other methods, biosecurity plays the most important role in control of infectious diseases in swine population. Among biosecurity methods, disinfection proved to be one of the most effective and economically viable tools. Nanotechnology is an important, rapidly evolving multidisciplinary field. Achievements of nanotechnology are being used in many areas of science, such as biology, chemistry, physics, etc. Nanoproducts have been widely adopted for practical use in everyday life. For example, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), thanks to their intrinsic antipathogenic properties and their ability to inactivate bacteria, viruses and fungi either photothermally or by photo catalysis (induced reactive oxygen generation), can offer methods alternative to classical disinfection protocols. It has been proved, both under laboratory conditions and in field veterinary practice, that AgNPs are very useful and efficient as a disinfectant of farm facilities.

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