What to Do If a Pig Gets African Swine Fever? A Detailed Guide to Scientific Prevention, Control, and Disposal

African swine fever is an infectious disease caused by the African swine fever virus, with a short incubation period, great harm to live pigs, and an extremely high mortality rate.So what should be done if a pig gets African swine fever? How should it be prevented and controlled?

What to do if African swine fever is contracted

For pigs that have contracted African swine fever, compulsory control and eradication measures such as isolation, culling, destruction, and disinfection must be adopted to quickly stamp out the disease. Moreover, if pigs on the farm are found to be infected with the epidemic, it must be reported to the relevant departments in a timely manner, and animals from non-epidemic areas must be prohibited from entering the epidemic area.

How to prevent and control African swine fever?

At present, no vaccine that can effectively prevent African swine fever has been developed anywhere in the world. However, high temperatures and disinfectants can effectively kill the virus, so doing a good job of biosafety protection on farms is the key to preventing and controlling African swine fever.

1. Strengthen the construction of biosafety management and control systems on pig farms. Strictly control the entry of people, vehicles, and susceptible animals into the farm; personnel, vehicles, and items entering and leaving the farm and its production areas must strictly implement measures such as disinfection and fumigation.

2. Use highly effective disinfectants and strengthen disinfection. Pens and tools can be wetted first and then treated with foam disinfectants.

3. Formulate emergency plans for diseases on pig farms. If a sudden disease occurs, the emergency plan should be launched promptly.

4. Actively cooperate with local animal disease prevention and control agencies in carrying out disease monitoring and investigation. In particular, in cases of suspected African swine fever symptoms and unexplained deaths, they should be reported to the local veterinary department in a timely manner.

Basically, once African swine fever is contracted, it cannot be treated, so when the disease is discovered it should be reported in a timely manner, and the sick pigs should be culled promptly.