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    African swine fever is a severe viral disease that affects pigs. It can spread rapidly between pigs through direct contact or indirect contact with infected materials. The virus is resistant and can be transmitted by ticks, flies, contaminated meat, or contact with wild or feral pigs. African swine fever causes high fever and death in pigs and results in major economic losses due to export bans. Farmers should prevent contact between domestic and wild pigs and properly dispose of food and waste to control the spread of the disease.

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    African swine fever is a severe viral disease that affects pigs. It can spread rapidly between pigs through direct contact or indirect contact with infected materials. The virus is resistant and can be transmitted by ticks, flies, contaminated meat, or contact with wild or feral pigs. African swine fever causes high fever and death in pigs and results in major economic losses due to export bans. Farmers should prevent contact between domestic and wild pigs and properly dispose of food and waste to control the spread of the disease.

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    African Swine Fever: Contact Your Veterinarian Immediately

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    African swine fever is a severe viral disease that affects pigs. It can spread rapidly between pigs through direct contact or indirect contact with infected materials. The virus is resistant and can be transmitted by ticks, flies, contaminated meat, or contact with wild or feral pigs. African swine fever causes high fever and death in pigs and results in major economic losses due to export bans. Farmers should prevent contact between domestic and wild pigs and properly dispose of food and waste to control the spread of the disease.

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    African Swine Fever

    What is African swine fever Some species of ticks (vector) Who should I contact if I
    and what causes it? can transmit the virus. Blood sucking suspect African swine fever?
    African swine fever (ASF) is a severe flies or insects may possibly spread Contact your veterinarian
    viral disease of pigs that can spread the virus between pigs. Aerosol
    immediately. African swine fever
    very rapidly in pig herds. transmission is limited.
    is not currently found in the United
    The disease occurs in many How does African swine States. Suspicion of disease requires
    African countries; outbreaks have also fever affect my animal? immediate attention.
    occurred in other parts of the world, African swine fever causes severe
    including Central and Eastern Europe, How can I protect my
    illness and high death rates in pigs. animals from African
    Eurasia (Russia and the Caucasus All ages of pigs are affected. Signs of
    region), and China. Cases have swine fever?
    illness include high fever, decreased
    occurred in the Western Hemisphere appetite, and weakness. The skin ASF can spread easily. The virus is
    (South America, the Caribbean), but may be reddened, blotchy, or have highly resistant in the environment,
    are now eradicated. ASF has never blackened lesions, especially on the especially at low temperatures.
    occurred in the U.S. ears, tail, and lower legs. Other signs It is also highly resistant to many
    ASF has serious animal health and may include diarrhea, abortion, and disinfectants.
    economic consequences, including respiratory illness (nasal discharge, Do not feed raw or undercooked
    export bans on pigs and pork coughing, difficulty breathing). Death pork products (swill, garbage or
    products. Movement restriction, herd usually occurs within 7 to 10 days, but waste) to pigs. Prevent contact with
    depopulation, and other strict control sudden death is possible in newly feral or wild hogs. Whenever possible,
    measures are necessary to eliminate exposed herds. Animals that recover house pigs indoors. Monitor your
    the disease in affected areas. from the illness can be carriers of the animals daily for any signs of illness.
    virus for several months. Isolate any pigs that are ill and contact
    What animals get African your veterinarian to determine the
    swine fever? Can I get African swine cause. Isolate any pigs entering the
    ASF affects members of the pig fever? farm for several weeks before placing
    family, including domesticated swine, No. Humans are not susceptible to them with the herd. Control tick and
    wild boars, feral swine, warthogs, the African swine fever virus. other insect vectors (e.g., flies).
    bush pigs, and giant forest hogs. Control measures for ASF will
    How can my animal get require quarantine and depopulation
    of affected animals. There is no
    African swine fever? African Swine Fever vaccine or treatment for ASF.
    The African swine fever virus is a severe viral disease
    is often introduced into a herd of swine that results in For More Information
    after the feeding of uncooked/ major animal health and
    undercooked contaminated pork CFSPH Technical Fact Sheets.
    economic impacts. African swine fever
    products which are ingested by a
    pig. The virus is then easily spread U.S. Department of Agriculture
    between pigs by direct contact with (USDA). African swine fever
    an infected animal, its body fluids National Pork Board. African swine
    (nasal, oral, feces, blood) or tissues fever: what you need to know
    (meat), or indirectly from contact World Organization for Animal
    with contaminated objects (fomites), Health (OIE)
    such as vehicles, equipment, footwear Skin lesions on an ASF infected pig. From USDA
    or clothing. Plum Island Animal Disease Center.

    Last Updated: November 2018 © CFSPH 2018

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