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With reference to African Swine Fever ASF consider following statements It is a highly contagio...........

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    With reference to African Swine Fever (ASF), consider following statements

    1. It is a highly contagious haemorrhagic viral disease of domestic and wild pigs, which is responsible for serious economic and production losses.
    2. It is a disease listed in the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Terrestrial Animal Health Code.
    3. It has not a risk to human health.

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    About African Swine Fever (ASF)

    • It is a highly contagious haemorrhagic viral disease of domestic and wild pigs, which is responsible for serious economic and production losses.
    • It is caused by a large DNA virus of the Asfarviridae family, which also infects ticks of the genus Ornithodoros.
    • ASF is a disease listed in the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Terrestrial Animal Health Code.
    • It is not a risk to human health.
    • There is no approved vaccine against ASF.

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