Romania: This is why swine fever is spreading so fast

Published Apr 14, 2021

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Research funded by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has found that blood-sucking insects, collected from large-scale pig farms with African swine fever, carry the PPA virus. The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Cluj-Napoca, and two other Romanian veterinary institutes, suggests that these insects may play a significant role in the transmission of the infection. The higher rate of spread observed during the summer months underscores the importance of blood-sucking insects in the epidemiology of African swine fever in large-scale farming settings.

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Researchers at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Cluj-Napoca say insects could spread African swine fever. According to a report by the media agency Mediafax, researchers at the university, together with experts from two other veterinary institutes in Romania, collected thousands of insects from the infestations between March 2020 and January 2021, MTI said. Examination of the insects has shown that seventy percent of the blood-sucking (hematophagous) insects collected in infected large-scale pig farms have a genetic trace of the PPA virus that causes African swine fever. According to the study, the role of blood-sucking insects in the transmission of infection may ...

Source: Agroinform