African swine fever virus (ASFV) is the etiological agent of an economically important disease of swine currently affecting large areas of Africa, Eurasia and the Caribbean. ASFV has a complex structure harboring a large dsDNA genome which encodes for more than 160 proteins. One of the proteins,...
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Ramirez-Medina, E.; Vuono, E. A.; Rai, A.; Espinoza, N.; Valladares, A.; Spinard, E.; Velazquez-Salinas, L.; Gladue, D. P.; Borca, M. V.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Viruses, 2023, 15, 2,
African swine fever virus causes hemorrhagic disease in swine. Attenuated strains are reported in Africa, Europe, and Asia. Few studies on the diagnostic detection of attenuated ASF viruses are available. Two groups of pigs were inoculated with an attenuated ASFV. Group 2 was also vaccinated with...
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Havas, K. A.; Gogin, A. E.; Basalaeva, J. V.; Sindryakova, I. P.; Kolbasova, O. L.; Titov, I. A.; Lyska, V. M.; Morgunov, S. Y.; Vlasov, M. E.; Sevskikh, T. A.; Pivova, E. Y.; Kudrjashov, D. A.; Doolittle, K.; Zimmerman, S.; Witbeck, W.; Gimenez-Lirola, L. G.; Nerem, J.; Spronk, G. D.; Zimmerman, J. J.; Sereda, A. D.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Pathogens, 2022, 11, 4,
In order to improve the accuracy of laboratory diagnosis of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome Virus (PRRSV), the sequences of PRRSV strains in China in recent years were analyzed in this study. Specific primers were designed and synthesized for the main American and European genotype...
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Wang FangZhou; Zhang Jing; Ma XueQing; Li PingHua; Bao HuiFang; Wang Jian; Zhao ZhiXun; Li JiaoYang; Li GuoXiu; Liu ZaiXin; Lu ZengJun; Zeng QiaoYing; Sun Pu
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Chinese Veterinary Science, Lanzhou, China
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Chinese Veterinary Science / Zhongguo Shouyi Kexue, 2022, 52, 7, pp 805-814
The objective of our study was to emphasize the correlation between blood parameters and different viremia stages of African Swine Fever infection. For this purpose, blood on EDTA samples were taken for complete blood count. The first group of pigs analysed was represented by one saw, aged 18...
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Anghel, L.; Tanasa, M. V.; Mardare, R.; Chifiriuc, C.; Roşoiu, N.
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Banat's University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine, Timisoara, Romania
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Journal of Agroalimentary Processes and Technologies, 2022, 28, 2, pp 171-174
The article provides information on the ASF epizootic, and control measures taken. The most likely reason for the introduction of the disease, considering the distance from the nearest foci of the disease, is the anthropogenic factor. The unregulated growth of the wild boar population against the...
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Glazunova, A. A.; Sevskikh, T. A.; Korogodina, E. V.; Lunina, D. A.; Krasnova, E. A.; Gogin, A. E.
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Izdatel'ski Dom Svinovodstvo, Moscow, Russia
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Svinovodstvo (Moskva), 2022, 5, pp 36-40
African swine fever virus was first identified and characterized in Africa in the early 1900s, but it has spread exponentially in Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean since 2018. While it is a disease that exclusively affects swine, thus posing no infectious risk to human health, the virus's resiliency ...
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Rademacher, C.; Brown, J.; Karriker, L.
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American Veterinary Medical Association, Schaumburg, USA
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Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2022, 260, 12, pp 1413-1417
The Romanian Carcass Classification Commission (RCCC) was established in 2004 and it became the official partner for delivering carcass quality information to the European Commission in 2007. RCCC is the NGO serving the interests of the private stakeholders in the meat chain (farmers,...
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Ladoși, I. I.; Vișan, M.; Călianu, P.; Ladoși, D.
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University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 2022, 79, 2, pp 1-8
African Swine Fever (ASF) has been slowly but steadily increasing its endemic range throughout Europe, posing an imminent risk to the pig industry. ASF transmission among wild boar occurs mainly through wild boar population movements, hence wild boar presence and density are important risk factors...
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Salazar, L. G.; Rose, N.; Hayes, B.; Hammami, P.; Baubet, E.; Desvaux, S.; Andraud, M.
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Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2022, 208,
African swine fever (ASF) has been present in Estonia since 2014, and pigkeepers play a major role in controlling the spread of viral infection in domestic pigs. Participatory epidemiology may provide insight into livestock keepers' existing attitudes and compliance with implementing control...
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Moskalenko, L.; Schulz, K.; Mõtus, K.; Viltrop, A.
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Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2022, 208,
African swine fever (ASF) is a highly lethal infectious disease in naive populations of domestic pigs and wild boar. In Asia, from the first outbreak in August 2018 until the end of November 2021, ASF has been reported in 16 Asian countries. The ASF virus (ASFV) circulation in domestic pigs is...
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Cadenas-Fernández, E.; Ito, S.; Aguilar-Vega, C.; Sánchez-Vizcaíno, J. M.; Bosch, J.
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Frontiers Media S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022, 8, April,