ANFS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: African Swine Fever Virus, Zoonosis
13 Dec 2019
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Foreign animal diseases: east timor, individually, an outbreak in east timor has very very little significance, by most standards relatively minor, african swine fever, more than 25% world pig population wiped out, china: 30-70% Laos: 0. 5: have to get rid of millions of carcouses, weigh about the same as human. Infected carcouses: china has about half the world s domesticated pig population ~440 million animals, china currently using frozen reserves, creates a global major protein struggle, creates a major grain imbalance, economic impact. 100% mortality rate: spreads and kills a herd quickly, infected pigs die in 5-10 days, no cure, no vaccination, not zoonotic, not a public health threat, does not affect humans, highly resistant in environment. Survives at least 30 days in pens: terms, host.
