African swine fever virus is a highly contagious, fatal disease in pigs that spreads rapidly. There is no commercially available treatment or vaccine for the virus, posing a significant threat to ...

USDA researchers have condensed the categorization of African Swine Fever virus strains from 25 to just six distinct genotypes, reducing the number of vaccines that may be needed. "Our research team ...

Scientists from the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) say they have developed a reverse genetics system ...

Wild boar (sus scrofa ferus) walking in forest on foggy morning and looking at camera. Wildlife in natural habitat© Budimir Jevtic/Shutterstock.com In the United States, wild pigs are a problem. These ...

SEMBACH KASERNE, Germany - Several cases of African Swine Fever have been confirmed in domestic pigs and wild boar across the European continent the past couple of years. African Swine Fever is a ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture–Agricultural Research Service recently announced that researchers have reclassified the number of African swine fever virus strains from 25 to only six unique ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) remains committed to preventing ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Seek Labs, a healthcare innovations company developing next-generation point-of-care molecular diagnostic systems and novel CRISPR-based gene therapies, announced ...

African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most devastating diseases affecting domestic pigs and wild boars worldwide. Since its ...

A second phase of the program will strengthen national biosecurity through further certification of farms, slaughterhouses and animal transport systems.

African swine fever (ASF) is a highly transmissible and often fatal disease affecting domestic and wild suids, with profound consequences for global pork ...

An international team of scientists has found that a promising African swine fever (ASF) vaccine can protect pigs against some strains of the virus but offers little or no protection against others.