PPT-Classical Swine Fever Dr.

Kaushal Kumar Assistant Professor and Head Department of Veterinary pathology Bihar Veterinary College Bihar Animal Sciences University Patna Bihar Synonym Classical swine fever. The African swine fever virus ASFV is highly contagious and can spread very rapidly in pig populations by direct or indirect contact This virus can persist for long periods in pig products and the enviro nment It can also become endemic in feral or The severity of this disease varies with the strain of the virus the age of the pig and the immune status of the herd Acute infections which are caused by highly virulent isolates and have a high mortality rate are likely to be diagnosed rapidly How All age groups are equally susceptible With high virulence forms of the virus ASF is characterized by high fever loss of appetite haemorrhages in the skin and internal organs and death in 210 days on average Mortality rates may be as high as 100 The Subject: Problem : Classical Swine Fever, pestivirus. Occurs worldwide. Summary : It can cause severe symptoms , with high mortality, to mild or even infections without any symptoms . T he only e 2 The Global African Swine Fever Research Alliance (GARA) aims to expand ASF research collaborations worldwide and maximize the use of resources and expertise to achieve its five strategic goals: 1. T How To ReportIf your pigs show any of these signs report it immediately to your veterinarian or animal health o31icials for appropriate testing and investigation Quick detection is essential to preven Walrond. Overview. Organism. Economic Impact. Epidemiology. Transmission. Prevention. Actions to Take. Species Affected. Domestic pigs. Feral swine. Wild pigs. Eurasian wild boars. Warthogs (reservoir). Assistant professor. Department of Veterinary Medicine. Bihar Veterinary College, Patna-800014.. Unit 6. Introduction. Also called Hog Cholera / Swine fever. Highly contagious and febrile viral disease of swine. . Synonym:- . Hog cholera ,Swine plague, Classical swine fever, European swine fever.. The disease causes multimillion dollar losses before eradication programme has been taken.. USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland eradicated these disease.. Pallav. Shekhar. Assistant Professor . VMD. BVC Patna . VCM 605. AFS. African Swine Fever (ASF) does not affect humans but can be catastrophic for pigs. . The current outbreak of ASF in India is the first time that the disease has been reported in the country. . Prepared by. ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, West Garo Hills, Meghalaya. . African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious viral disease infecting domestic and wild pigs of all ages, which is responsible for serious economic and production losses with mortality rates up to 100%. It is caused by a large double-stranded DNA virus of the family . IntroductionSimilar names suggest similar disease characteristics for African and classical swine fever (ASF and CSF). In fact, ASF was even thought to be caused by the same virus as CSF [] before Mon Harm . HogenEsch,. DVM, PhD, DACVP. 1. African swine fever virus. Sole member of . Asfarviridae. family. Enveloped DNA virus. DNA encodes for over 150 proteins. Virus replicates in monocytes and macrophages. viruses. . . Swine influenza virus (SIV) is any strain of the . influenza family of viruses. that is . endemic. in . pigs. .. . As of 2009, the known SIV strains include . influenza C. and the subtypes of .