Instant Insights : African Swine Fever

This collection synthesises and reviews the research on key aspects of understanding, tracking and preventing African swine fever. Chapters consider the causes and epidemiology of the disease, identification and surveillance, as well as recent research efforts on developing a vaccine..

Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Series list -- Introduction -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Advances in understanding the characteristics and epidemiology of African swine fever -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Distribution of African swine fever -- 3 Clinical signs and postmortem findings of African swine fever -- 4 Disease transmission: hosts and transmission cycles -- 5 Transmission dynamics of African swine fever -- 6 Conclusion -- 7 Where to look for further information -- 8 References -- Chapter 2 Advances in surveillance and diagnostic techniques for tracking the spread of African swine fever -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Sample matrices -- 3 Detection methods -- 4 Alternative sample matrices -- 5 Pen-side diagnostics -- 6 Developments in genomic epidemiology -- 7 Conclusion -- 8 References -- Chapter 3 Risk-based measures for prevention and control of African swine fever (ASF) in pigs -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Surveillance measures -- 3 Biosecurity measures -- 4 Cleaning and disinfection measures -- 5 Conclusion -- 6 Where to look for further information -- 7 References -- Chapter 4 Advances in finding a vaccine for African swine fever -- 1 African swine fever virus proteins induce protective immunity and the development of subunit vaccines -- 2 Live-attenuated vaccines - naturally attenuated and cell culture passed field isolates -- 3 Live-attenuated vaccines - Initial identification of genetic determinants of virulence in African swine fever virus -- 4 Case study: development of an African swine fever virus vaccine for the new emerging strain African swine fever virus Georgia -- 5 Other advances in African swine fever virus discovery of determinants of virulence -- 6 Conclusion -- 7 Future trends in research -- 8 Where to look for further information -- 9 References -- Index..

Medienart:	E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023 ©2023
Erschienen:	Milton: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited ; 2023 ©2023
Ausgabe:	1st ed.

Reihe:	Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights Series

Sprache:	Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:	Wang, Youming [VerfasserIn]

Links:	ebookcentral.proquest.com [lizenzpflichtig]

ISBN:	978-1-040-03448-4

Themen:	African swine fever

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Umfang:	1 online resource (91 pages)

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PPN (Katalog-ID):	1877123951