Effectiveness and practicality of control strategies for African swine fever: what do we really know?

African swine fever (ASF) is a major pig health problem, and the causative virus is moving closer to Western European regions where pig density is high. Stopping or slowing down the spread of ASF requires mitigation strategies that are both effective and practical. Based on the elicitation of ASF ex...

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Published in:Veterinary record 2017-01, Vol.180 (4), p.97-97
Main Authors: Guinat, C., Vergne, T., Jurado-Diaz, C., Sánchez-Vizcaíno, J. M., Dixon, L., Pfeiffer, D. U.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African swine fever
African Swine Fever - epidemiology
African Swine Fever - prevention & control
Animals
Archives & records
Best‐worst scaling
control strategies
Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks - veterinary
Epidemics
Europe - epidemiology
expert elicitation
Experts
Farms
Feasibility Studies
Hogs
Infections
Infectious diseases
Life Sciences
Polls & surveys
Program Evaluation
Sentinel Surveillance - veterinary
Swine
Veterinary medicine
Virology
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Summary:African swine fever (ASF) is a major pig health problem, and the causative virus is moving closer to Western European regions where pig density is high. Stopping or slowing down the spread of ASF requires mitigation strategies that are both effective and practical. Based on the elicitation of ASF expert opinion, this study identified surveillance and intervention strategies for ASF that are perceived as the most effective by providing the best combination between effectiveness and practicality. Among the 20 surveillance strategies that were identified, passive surveillance of wild boar and syndromic surveillance of pig mortality were considered to be the most effective surveillance strategies for controlling ASF virus spread. Among the 22 intervention strategies that were identified, culling of all infected herds and movement bans for neighbouring herds were regarded as the most effective intervention strategies. Active surveillance and carcase removal in wild boar populations were rated as the most effective surveillance and intervention strategies, but were also considered to be the least practical, suggesting that more research is needed to develop more effective methods for controlling ASF in wild boar populations.
ISSN:0042-4900
2042-7670
DOI:10.1136/vr.103992