African Swine Fever roadmap:
Control Strategies
Roadmap for the development of control strategies for ASF
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Cost-benefits
Cost-benefits
Research Question
- Good understanding of the real cost, both direct and indirect, of ASF is fundamental to be able to perform a cost benefit
analysis of implementing ASF control strategies
Research Gaps and Challenges
- To better understand the costs (direct and indirect) of ASF, both in epidemic and endemic situations
State Of the Art
- The introduction of ASF into countries outside Africa has had important economic consequences for swine industries. A significant consequence of the introduction of ASF is the loss of status for international trade and the implementation of drastic and costly control strategies to eradicate the disease. In Cuba, the introduction of the disease in 1980s led to a total cost of U.S $9.4 million. In Spain, the final 5 years of the eradication programme
alone were estimated to have cost $92 million. Given the effect on pork production and trade as well as the costs of eradication, it was estimated in 1994 that the net benefit of preventing ASF introduction in the United States would amount to almost $450 million, nearly 5 per cent of the value of total sales of pork products. In endemic countries, ASF has huge economic implications both for the individual farmers, especially the smallholder producers and at national scales
Projects
What activities are planned or underway?
Vaccines, diagnosis and epidemiology for control and prevention of African swine fever (SE1520)
Planned Completion date 31/12/2028
Source Countries:
UK
Research, Development, Testing, and Technical Services to Advance the Technology Transfer of Veterinary Medical Countermeasures at the NBAF
Planned Completion date 21/06/2027
Source Countries:
United States