The study sends signals to prevent African swine fever in Colombia

There is a latent concern that ASF will enter the country, since there is no vaccine to prevent its arrival or contagion for animals. The Data Analytical Laboratory (Datalab) of the Bogotá National University, together with Porkcolombia-FNP (National Porcine Fund), carried out a risk analysis to estimate the threat and vulnerability of African swine fever (ASF) reaches Colombia, as well as its spread, in order to support health authorities in the potential management of this disease. (Read: 95 percent of Colombia is already free of swine fever without vaccination) This was warned by teachers Fausto Moreno and Francisco Gómez, coordinators of Datalab, who explain that “ASF is a disease with high mortality rates that could affect national pig production due to its transmissibility and affectation to animals of any age ”. The World Organization for Animal Health defines ASF as a highly contagious hemorrhagic disease that affects domestic and wild pigs, caused by the DNA virus of the ...