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African Swine Fever (Paperback, Softcover Repri)
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African Swine Fever (Paperback, Softcover Repri)
Series: Developments in Veterinary Virology, 3
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African swine fever (ASF) is caused by a virus that is classified
as a member of the Iridovirinae family. The disease in the warthog,
the natural host, in Africa was described in 1921 by R. E.
Montgomery. The reservoir of the vi rus is inti cks. The i ntroduct
i on of domestic pi gs into territory occupied by warthogs i nf
ected wi th ASF in the 1960's has endangered the pig industry
around the world. The domestic pig is highly sensitive to ASF and
develops a devastating disease that kills the pig without giving
the immune system a chance to defend the animal against the virus
infection. The ability of ASF virus to infect and destroy cells of
the reticuloendothelial system leaves a defenseless host that
succumbs to an infection which may be described as an acquired
immune deficiency di sease of domestic pi gs. Introduction of the
virus into Iberia in the 1960's led to a series of ASF epidemics in
Spain and Portugal . . and later in France, that caused heavy
economic losses. Between 1976 and 1960, ASF virus made its
appearance in Malta and Sardinia . . as well as in Brazil, The
Dominican Republic . . Haiti, and later in Cuba. In 1985-6 . . ASF
appeared in Belgium and The Netherlands.
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