This special issue contains 25 papers on African Swine Fever (ASF) as a transboundary and emerging disease. Topics include: one hundred years of African swine fever: a tribute to R. Eustace Montgomery; a scoping review of African swine fever virus spread between domestic and free living pigs;...

In order to develop an immunodiagnostic reagent for African swine fever virus, the Bac-to-Bac baculovirus expression system was used to express the p22 protein of African swine fever Virus, the anti-p22 protein monoclonal antibody was prepared and its reactogenicity with African swine fever Virus...

African swine fever virus is currently present in all of the world's continents apart from Antarctica, and efforts to control the disease are hampered by the lack of a commercially available vaccine. The Babraham large white pig is a highly inbred line that could represent a powerful tool to...

Objective: To establish a fluorescent quantitative PCR method for the detection of African swine fever virus nucleic acid, and compare its advantages and disadvantages with droplet digital PCR detection method. Methods: Primers and probes were designed and synthesized based on the conservative...

This issue contains 16 topics on the management of parasites, prions and pathogens in the global feed industry; new perspectives for evaluating relative risks of African swine fever virus contamination in global feed ingredient supply chains; interventions to reduce porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus ...

With the implementation of the C-strain vaccine, classical swine fever (CSF) has been under control in China, which is currently in a chronic atypical epidemic situation. African swine fever (ASF) emerged in China in 2018 and spread quickly across the country. It is presently occurring sporadically ...

Classic swine fever is a severe infectious and fatal disease in pigs caused by the classic swine fever virus (CSFV). Surveillance and investigation for CSFV seroprevalence contribute to knowing the immune efficiency of CSFV vaccines and reflect health status of swine herd, especially since the ...

African swine fever virus can cause extensive haemorrhage of pig organs, which will lead to high mortality in domestic pigs and Eurasian wild boars and bring a serious threat to the health of pigs and the safety of pig production. However, as there are still no safe and effective vaccines and drugs ...

African Swine Fever (substitutes masty swyn Fever, ASF) is a kind of infectious disease caused by African Swine Fever virus (substitutes masty swyn Fever virus comes, ASFV) . It is acute and strong and the fatality rate is as high as 100% . It can be spread very extensively. Since there is no...

With the recent spread of African swine fever (ASF) in Europe, Asia and the Caribbean region, after being endemic for decades in Africa, PCR-based commercial kits and various master mixes are increasingly being used in addition to the Office International des Epizooties-recommended protocol from...