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Bulletin No. 16 - Fall 2003
VirologyClassical Swine Fever
TOO H, SENEQUE S
Scourge of the Asian pig industry.
Asian Pork Magazine, 2003, Volume 19, June/July, 24-26
Despite an eradication program implemented in the early 1980's, sporadic classical swine fever (CSF) outbreaks still occur in Europe resulting in high economic costs. However, the situation of Asian countries is of even greater concern. There, CSF is widespread but effective eradication programs are very difficult to implement due to the lack of involvement of small raisers. As a result, sanitary management and vaccination with modified live vaccines are likely to remain the main methods used to control CSF. To help swine practitioners the authors of this article have, with the assistance of Merial, published a handbook that covers epidemiology and clinical diagnosis, post-mortem examination, laboratory diagnosis and vaccination concepts for CSF.
