ASF Asia: Wild boar as virus reservoir

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Vincent ter Beek Editor of Pig Progress / Topic: Pigs around the world
A wild boar caught on camera in Hong Kong. - Photo: Shutterstock
A wild boar caught on camera in Hong Kong. - Photo: Shutterstock
As Asia is slowly trying to rebuild from the devastating outbreaks of African Swine Fever, it is worthwhile to pay attention to the reservoir for the virus: wild boar. In this overview of the situation in Asia, Pig Progress editor Vincent ter Beek especially follows the outbreaks in wild boar. For a long time, the track of African Swine Fever in Europe and Asia appeared to follow a different pattern. Where in Europe lots of reports came of dead wild boar in forests with here and there the odd (


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