Can African swine fever heal on its own?

Some time ago a kind of African swine fever swept across China, bringing a certain impact on people's economy, and many pigs died from this virus. What followed was a sharp drop in pork prices, and in many places pork was ignored by buyers. So can African swine fever heal on its own?

Can African swine fever heal on its own?

As things stand now, there are no cases of African swine fever healing on its own. Not only are there no self-healing cases, there are almost no cured cases either. African swine fever is not as simple as most people imagine, and for the time being there is no effective cure for this disease.

African swine fever virus and classical swine fever virus

1. The African swine fever virus is the only member of the genus Asfivirus in the family Asfarviridae. The classical swine fever virus is a member of the genus Pestivirus.

2. Although the acute and subacute clinical features of these two diseases are extremely similar, the types of viruses that cause the two diseases are different. In fact, when carefully distinguished, there are still differences in the clinical features; in particular, the African swine fever virus causes congestion and enlargement of the pig's spleen, so large that it spans the entire abdominal cavity, and this is a typical feature of African swine fever.

African swine fever serum experiment

According to the data in [Diseases of Swine], in 1967, 1969, 1984 and 1994 several scientists conducted experiments in which serum from diseased pigs was injected into the bodies of healthy pigs, and the healthy pigs could not produce effective antibodies. When antibodies were injected into the pigs' bodies, they could only partially resist the pathogen and could not truly provide complete protection.

Therefore, in summary, the still effective methods for the prevention and control of African swine fever are early discovery, early reporting to the competent veterinary department, early diagnosis and early culling. Dead pigs must not be allowed to move around at will and spread the virus everywhere, like sparks starting fires all over, because that way you will harm China's pig farmers. The situation of the first African swine fever outbreak should attract everyone's great attention.