Epidemiological analysis of African swine fever in the European Union during 2022.

ABSTRACT: This report presents the epidemiological analysis of African swine fever (ASF) during 2022 based on the surveillance and pig population data submitted by the European Union (EU) affected countries and one neighbouring country. Coinciding with regulatory changes and an important decrease in ASF outbreaks in 2022 in the EU, the number of domestic pig samples tested as part of active surveillance decreased by 80%, while the number of samples from passive surveillance almost doubled compared with 2021. Most outbreaks among domestic pigs in the EU were detected by testing clinical suspicions (93% of outbreaks), followed by tracing activities (5%) and weekly testing of the first two dead pigs per establishment (2%). Although most of the wild boar samples came from hunted animals, the probability

SUBMITTER: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10201408 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature