Evidence of African Swine Fever Virus in Pigs Slaughtered at Muhanzi Municipal Abattoir in Bukavu City, Eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo

Patrick, Bisimwa N.

doi:10.11648/j.ijmb.20190401.11

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“…Since 2011 ASF has infected an impressive number of countries in Europe and Asia as well as sub-Saharan Africa (Table 1). (Simpson and Drager 1979) Burundi Isolates 1984Isolates , 1990 Domestic pigs Endemic (Disease information-Immediate notifications 2005-2020; Lubisi et al 2005;Phologane et al 2005) Cameroon to present Domestic pigs Endemic (Ekue and Wilkinson 1990;Nana-Nukechap and Gibbs 1985) Central (Plowright et al 1994;Badaev et al 1992) Congo (DRC) to present Domestic pigs Endemic (Bisimwa et al 2019;Saliki et al 1985) Ethiopia 2011-2014 Domestic pigs Unknown (Achenbach et al 2017) Kenya to present Warthogs, pigs Endemic (Montgomery 1921;Abworo et al 2017;Thomas et al 2016) Madagascar to present Domestic pigs Endemic (Rousset et al 2001;Roger et al 2000) Malawi to present Domestic pigs, warthogs Endemic (Turnbull 1931(Turnbull , 1932(Turnbull , 1934Haresnape et al 1988) Mozambique Warthogs, pigs Endemic (Quembo et al 2016;de Abreu et al 1962;Penrith et al 2007) Namibia 1920s Warthogs, pigs Endemic in warthogs (Plowright et al 1994) South Africa to present Warthogs, pigs Endemic in warthogs (Steyn 1928;De Kock et al 1940 (Montgomery 1921;Chang'a et al 2019;Katale et al 2012) Uganda to present Warthogs, pigs Endemic (Plowright et al 1994;Atuhaire et al 2013) Zambia to present Warthogs, pigs Endemic (Wilkinson et al 1988) Zimbabwe 1970s to present Warthogs, pigs Endemic in wart...…”

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Current status of African swine fever

Penrith

2020

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African swine fever is a serious viral disease of domestic pigs and Eurasian wild boars that poses a major threat to pig production. For more than thirty years after its discovery in East Africa it was limited to eastern and southern Africa, where it is believed to have originated. The ability of the causative virus to remain viable for long periods in raw or insufficiently cooked pork products has enabled it, through travel and trade, to spread widely throughout sub-Saharan Africa and to other continents. In the second half of the 20 th century it had caused outbreaks in the majority of African countries where pigs are produced, as well as in a number of European countries, two of the Caribbean islands, and Brazil. By the turn of the century it had been eradicated from all non-African countries except the Italian island of Sardinia. In 2007 African swine fever arrived in the Republic of Georgia, and has subsequently spread insidiously into other Transcaucasian countries, Russia and some of its neighbours. In 2014 it reached the Baltic States and Poland through infected wild boars, and has become established in several wild boar populations from which it is difficult to eradicate. Most recently, in 2018 the first outbreaks were reported in China, home to half of the world's pig population, where it spread with unprecedented rapidity throughout China and to several other countries in the region, including the island nations of Philippines, Indonesia, Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea. These events have posed new challenges for control, including some that parallel the situation in Africa, where poor people rely on pigs produced at subsistence level to provide for their needs and where pigs may also be socially and culturally important. The central role that humans play in the maintenance and spread of African swine fever has again been emphasised. This review describes the current status of African swine fever globally and the trends and challenges for management that face veterinarians and pig industries at all levels worldwide.

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2020

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One hundred years of African swine fever in Africa: Where have we been, where are we now, where are we going?

Penrith

Kivaria²

2022

Transbounding Emerging Dis

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One hundred years have passed since the first paper on African swine fever (ASF) was published by Montgomery in 1921. With no vaccine, ineffectiveness of prevention and control measures and lack of common interest in eradicating the disease, ASF has proven to be one of the most devastating diseases because of its significant sanitary and socioeconomic consequences. The rapid spread of the disease on the European and Asian continents and its recent appearance in the Caribbean puts all countries at great risk because of global trade. The incidence of ASF has also increased on the African continent over the last few decades, extending its distribution far beyond the area in which the ancient sylvatic cycle is present with its complex epidemiological transmission pathways involving virus reservoirs in ticks and wild African Suidae. Both in that area and elsewhere, efficient transmission by infected domestic pigs and virus resistance in infected animal products and fomites mean that human driven factors along the pig value chain are the dominant impediments for its prevention, control and eradication. Control efforts in Africa are furthermore hampered by the lack of information about the size and location of the fast‐growing pig population, particularly in the dynamic smallholder sector that constitutes up to 90% of pig production in the region. A vaccine that will be both affordable and effective against multiple genotypes of the virus is not a short‐term reality. Therefore, a strategy for management of ASF in sub‐Saharan Africa is needed to provide a roadmap for the way forward for the continent. This review explores the progression of ASF and our knowledge of it through research over a century in Africa, our current understanding of ASF and what must be done going forward to improve the African situation and contribute to global prevention and control.

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Innovative Research Offers New Hope for Managing African Swine Fever Better in Resource-Limited Smallholder Farming Settings: A Timely Update

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African swine fever (ASF) in domestic pigs has, since its discovery in Africa more than a century ago, been associated with subsistence pig keeping with low levels of biosecurity. Likewise, smallholder and backyard pig farming in resource-limited settings have been notably affected during the ongoing epidemic in Eastern Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and Caribbean regions. Many challenges to managing ASF in such settings have been identified in the ongoing as well as previous epidemics. Consistent implementation of biosecurity at all nodes in the value chain remains most important for controlling and preventing ASF. Recent research from Asia, Africa, and Europe has provided science-based information that can be of value in overcoming some of the hurdles faced for implementing biosecurity in resource-limited contexts. In this narrative review we examine a selection of these studies elucidating innovative solutions such as shorter boiling times for inactivating ASF virus in swill, participatory planning of interventions for risk mitigation for ASF, better understanding of smallholder pig-keeper perceptions and constraints, modified culling, and safe alternatives for disposal of carcasses of pigs that have died of ASF. The aim of the review is to increase acceptance and implementation of science-based approaches that increase the feasibility of managing, and the possibility to prevent, ASF in resource-limited settings. This could contribute to protecting hundreds of thousands of livelihoods that depend upon pigs and enable small-scale pig production to reach its full potential for poverty alleviation and food security.

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Evidence of African Swine Fever Virus in Pigs Slaughtered at Muhanzi Municipal Abattoir in Bukavu City, Eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo

Cited by 5 publications

References 20 publications

Current status of African swine fever

Current status of African swine fever

One hundred years of African swine fever in Africa: Where have we been, where are we now, where are we going?

Innovative Research Offers New Hope for Managing African Swine Fever Better in Resource-Limited Smallholder Farming Settings: A Timely Update

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