African swine fever in backyard pigs of Sabah state, East Malaysia, 2021

INTRODUCTION: In 2007, African swine fever virus (ASFv) broken its well-known boundaries. This was the reference year for the first report of African swine fever (ASF) in Georgia. Subsequently, the virus reached pigs and boars in Armenia and Russia. From the Caucasus area, ASFv jumped in all directions, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, in relation to the density of backyard pigs and their trade. In the next ten years there have been notifications and registrations of ASFv outbreaks in Russia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova and the Czech Republic. Romania faced the first ASFv outbreak at the end of July 2017, in backyard pigs." in stead "density of backyard pigs and their trade. In the next ten years there have been notifications and registrations of ASFv outbreaks in Russia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova and the Czech Republic. Romania faced the first ASFv outbreak at the end of July 2017, in backyard pigs.OBJECTIVES: The aim of study is to analyse the ways ASFv spread from and into different regions recorded by Eastern European states.METHODS: The immediate notifications on ASFv to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) were analysed from the Eastern-European states between 2007 and 2017. The analysis took into consideration the first occurrence of the disease under scrutiny in the country and the follow-up reports, in relation with the geospatial distribution of the outbreaks.RESULTS: The main route of ASFv introduction into local pig populations indicated by the Member States of the European Union was the trans-boundary circulation of boars. However, the spread of ASFv through both, wild and domestic pigs and also by the human alimentary customs/traditions in the affected areas shouldn’t be ignored. Three cycles of ASFv transmission have been identified and described by the epidemiologists: the domestic cycle, the sylvatic cycle and the tick-pig cycle.CONCLUSION: None of the ways to disseminate the ASFv should be excluded, and the origin of the first outbreaks remains unknown or inconclusive in Eastern EU states.

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Health concerns with backyard pigs

Companion Animal ◽

10.12968/coan.2020.0063 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 26 (9) ◽

pp. 2-10

Author(s):

John Carr ◽

Jenny Smith

Keyword(s):

Infectious Diseases ◽

African Swine Fever ◽

Effective Communication ◽

Health Problems ◽

Health Concerns ◽

Veterinary Practice ◽

Clinical Presentations ◽

Difficult Cases ◽

Backyard Pigs

The care of pet pigs and pigs in small holdings can be challenging, as pigs are less commonly seen in general veterinary practice. Although, the majority of health problems in pigs require only basic veterinary care. This article discusses the most likely clinical presentations and outlines several of the more serious conditions in pigs, such as the threat posed by infectious diseases such as African swine fever. Effective communication between vets and owners is very important in the care of pigs and this article also highlights how this can be maintained. It is also important to note that members of the Pig Vet Society are always willing to help colleagues through the more difficult cases

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Epidemiology of African Swine Fever in Poland since the detection of the first case

Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences ◽

10.2478/pjvs-2014-0097 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 665-672 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Z. Pejsak ◽

M. Truszczyński ◽

K. Niemczuk ◽

E. Kozak ◽

I. Markowska-Daniel

Keyword(s):

Wild Boar ◽

African Swine Fever ◽

Reference Laboratory ◽

Surveillance Programme ◽

National Reference ◽

Veterinary Research ◽

First Case ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

National Veterinary Research Institute ◽

Backyard Pigs

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide characteristics of the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Poland from February to August, 2014. The samples from dead wild boar and domestic pigs were submitted to the National Veterinary Research Institute, National Reference Laboratory for ASF in Pulawy, Poland, for testing by PCR and ELISA methods. In the studied period, fourteen cases of ASF in wild boar and two outbreaks in backyard pigs were confirmed. In addition to the results of laboratory tests performed in 2014, the article describes the ASF surveillance programme in wild boar and pigs in Poland carried out in 2011-2013. The spread of ASF in Poland is compared with the epidemiological situation in Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus and the Russian Federation.

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