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Bookmark or Share- African swine fever | EFSA - European Food Safety AuthorityAfrican swine fever (ASF) is a viral disease of pigs and wild boar that causes high mortality in the affected animals This virus is harmless to humans, but it causes significant socio-economic disruption in many countries.
- Survival of African swine fever virus in feed, bedding materials and ...Over the last years, African swine fever (ASF) has gone pandemic and within the European Union affected wild boar populations are main drivers. This brings new challenges, i.e. risk assessment needs for agricultural products and the role of mechanical arthropod vectors. Answering the call “Survival of African swine fever virus in feed, bedding materials and mechanical vectors and their ...
- African swine fever: significant increase in EU pigs in 2023In 2023, 14 Member States were affected by African swine fever (ASF) and it caused a five-fold increase in outbreaks in domestic pigs compared to the previous year. These are the main findings of the latest annual epidemiological report published by EFSA today.
- Detect, prevent, report: EFSA’s African swine fever campaign extended ...African swine fever (ASF) is a viral disease that affects domestic pigs and wild boar. The virus is harmless to humans but is causing significant economic disruption in many countries. There are currently no approved vaccines for ASF in Europe, so an outbreak can necessitate the slaughter of large numbers of farm-kept pigs in affected areas.
- Data collection: African Swine Fever (ASF) | EFSAGuidance for reporting 2023 laboratory data on African swine fever (ASF)Guidance for reporting animal population data using the SIGMA data model
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