Dossier
African swine fever
Coverage of African swine fever in the Nexus archive.
- ICAR develops indigenous vaccine for African swine fever
Scientists at ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (ICAR-NIHSAD) in Bhopal have developed an indigenous vaccine for African swine fever using a novel attenuated ASFV Genotype II virus.
- Hungary to kill 3,000 domestic pigs following country’s first report of African swine fever
Hungary will cull 3,000 domestic pigs after detecting African swine fever in the village of Vallaj, eastern Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg county. The virus is deadly to pigs but poses no risk to humans.