African Swine Fever roadmap:
Control Strategies
Roadmap for the development of control strategies for ASF
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Control tools
Dependencies
Next steps
Control tools
Research Question
- Develop appropriate ASF control tools
Research Gaps and Challenges
- Develop a safe and effective ASF vaccine
- Improve biosecurity
- Develop disease management tools
State Of the Art
- As no vaccine is available yet, the only control strategy would be based in the early detection of infected animals and their elimination, and strict control of the movement of pigs. Minimum control measures will include depopulation of
infected herds, surveillance and movement restriction within established control zones together with surveillance in herds that have been in contact with infected herds. Depopulation of contact herds and neighbouring herds might be
established. This entails high costs, and might not be sustainable in some contexts. This control measure is
effective in countries or geographic areas where pigs are housed in well-defined premises or pig farms. In areas where
domestic pigs are kept on free-ranging scavenging systems, depopulation might be difficult
Projects
What activities are planned or underway?
The incursion risk of African swine fever for the Netherlands by human-mediated routes
Planned Completion date 01/01/2022
Source Countries:
Netherlands
The impact of temperature on transmission of African swine fever in contaminated livestock vehicles
Planned Completion date 01/01/2023
Source Countries:
Netherlands