pig health

Many kilometres of fencing were installed, like here near Léglise, to make sure that the ASF outbreak in wild boar could be contained. - Photo: Twan Wiermans

12-08-2020 | Article

African Swine Fever in Belgium – a look back

A wild boar, photographed in Hong Kong. - Photo: Shutterstock

24-07-2020 | News

ASF Asia: Virus likely in wild boar; Korea prepares for second wave

Audio interview: How ASF overwhelmed Romania

17-07-2020 | Interview

Audio interview: How ASF overwhelmed Romania

An impression what a permanent fence may look like this one was constructed by Denmark to avoid the entry of wild boar from the south. - Photo: Vincent ter Beek

09-07-2020 | News

ASF Poland: Germany aims to build permanent fence

An influenza virus (not the strain discussed in this article) photographed by a microscope. - Foto: Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

30-06-2020 | News

China: New flu virus can jump from pigs to humans

As of May 2020, only in Nigeria s Lagos state, more than 600,000 breeders and matured growers have been lost to ASF, excluding culled and sick animals. - Photo: Pig Farmers Association of Nigeria

30-06-2020 | News

ASF Nigeria: Fears of up to 1 million pigs dead

Illustration: 123RF

19-06-2020 | News

Taiwan pork exports can resume with FMD-free status

Disinfection of a backyard farm in Poland not the one where now ASF was found. - Photo: Iwana Markowska-Daniel

16-06-2020 | News

ASF: First outbreak on backyard farm in western Poland

A pig suffering from ASF not related to the Chinese research. - Photo: Lina Mur

11-06-2020 | News

ASF China: Clinical vaccine trials show safety so far

Healthy piglets on a Swiss farm. - Photo: Conrad von Schubert/ University of Bern

11-06-2020 | News

How exactly can C. perfringens kill piglets?