Coming from the UK, where currently we do not have swine fever, we would certainly not want the widespread use of swine fever vaccines throughout Europe, which would potentially mask the disease and its spread.
Our biggest fear is the disease coming back into the UK. We are not sure how it got in but it is thought that somebody fed the outdoor sows a salami sandwich or some other piece of cured meat.
It is generally accepted that the best control is to test and slaughter with a 3 km protection zone and a 10 km surveillance zone around the infected premises with restriction of movement of livestock. Vaccines may protect the animal from clinical disease but do not always stop the shedding of virus in infected pigs or its transfer to offspring, and hence it’s potential to spread horizontally to in contacts.
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