ASF can easily be transmitted in water and feed

African Swine Fever virus (ASFv) can be easily transmitted orally through both water as well as feed, according new US research, although doses required for infection are higher in plant-based feed, writes Vincent ter Beek, editor of Pig Progress. Read more

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