Argentina: Biosecurity is the most important tool for the prevention of swine fever

Pigs provide an important source of high-quality protein and production is expected to increase in the future to meet the growing global demand for meat. However, the supply of pork is threatened by infectious diseases, and among these the African Swine Fever (ASF) is currently causing more concern. Its continuous spread outside Africa such as in Europe, the Russian Federation, China and, more recently, in the American continent, due to its arrival in the Dominican Republic. After decades of being eradicated, awareness of the threat posed by this devastating disease to the global swine industry has grown. Infection by the African Swine Fever virus (ASFV) of pigs and wild boars can cause high economic losses due to the high mortalities that occur in the pig population. The lack of a vaccine makes it difficult to control the disease and this is where biosecurity at the level of regions, countries and at the level of the pig farm, takes on total relevance for prevention. But what is ...