African Swine Fever roadmap:
Control Strategies
Roadmap for the development of control strategies for ASF
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Environment
Dependencies
Next steps
Environment
Research Question
- To better understand the role played by the environmental contamination in the ASF cycle
Research Gaps and Challenges
- To assess the role played by the environmental contamination in the ASF cycle
State Of the Art
- The survivability of ASFV in faeces and urine of experimentally infected animals was recently investigated: based on the calculated half-lives it can be assumed that ASFV remains infectious at 37°C for almost four (urine) or three (faeces) days. In a study from 1999, it was shown that at 40°C, the inactivation of ASFV in pig manure is realised after 4 hours, and within 5 minutes at 65°C
- Studies to assess ASFV inactivation in buried carcasses and soil are on-going but not yet completed. For soil, the pH found in forest seems to be a limiting factor for virus survival
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