African swine fever: Tracking the route of infection

“African swine fever and classical swine fever are two completely different diseases in their epidemiology and the behaviour of the virus”

Dr. Klaus Depner, a virologist and ASF specialist who leads a working group on transboundary animal disease management at FLI, the German federal institute for animal health will speak about the different routes of infection.  The virus does not enter on infected droplets or airborne transmission, he says, most often it has been carried into the barn by people. The main way it invades a pig's body is through contaminated feed or water, although even then only a small proportion of the animals exposed become infected.

Running time: 25 minutes

more info: Meet the expert: season 2